Iraq: Bullets hit plane at Baghdad airport


Issue 986 - 05 Feb 2015 | 1 minute read

Several countries suspended flights to and from Baghdad International Airport on 26 January after bullets hit a flydubai passenger plane during landing, slightly damaging the fuselage and causing minor wounds to a six-year-old girl. An airport source told GSN Turkish Airlines, Royal Jordanian and Middle East Airlines had resumed flights, and that UAE and other Gulf airlines planned to do so on 5 February.

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