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2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident

2003 CE · Asia · Disaster

2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident
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On 22 November 2003, shortly after takeoff from Baghdad, Iraq, an Airbus A300 cargo plane, registered OO-DLL and owned by the Belgian division of European Air Transport, was struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile while on a scheduled flight to Muharraq, Bahrain.

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