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by **Craig.** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 6:52 am

A DHL A300 was hit by a SAM on departure from Baghdad airport,
more info here
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... iraq_plane

lucakly damage was minor.

by **ATI_7500** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:09 am

hm...strange.

by **Hagar** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:22 am

Lucky.

by **Wing Nut** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:15 am

They don't know for sure it was a missile! BTW, does anyone want to guess where they got those SAMs from?

by **Craig.** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:18 am

most news company i have seen have reported a missile, with a 1lb warhead.

by **Wing Nut** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:23 am

Well, no one was hurt and that's all that matters...

by **Ivan** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:24 am

Sa-7 likes to go after the sun...

wingti hit with a heatseeker ??? it isnt hot there

by **Wing Nut** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:30 am

I think you'll find a lot of those SAM's were provided by the US during the Iran/Iraq war...

by **ATI_7500** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 12:54 pm

friendly fire by bored M163 vulcan gunners?

by **Scorpiоn** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 3:02 pm

Now where's that feature in FS2004?

Aircraft hit by Missile