2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident

When

22 Nov 2003

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

33.26° N, 44.23° E

Description

attempted shootdown of DHL cargo airliner near Baghdad International Airport

Deaths

0

Injured

0

Cause

surface-to-air missile

DHL Flight 209

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. Severe wing damage resulted in a fire and complete loss of hydraulic flight control systems.

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