| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq |
| DHL Resumes Flights, Service to Baghdad |
| 2003-12-03 |
| The global package delivery service DHL said Tuesday it had resumed flights to Baghdad, after one of its planes was hit by a missile on its approach to the airport. The missile struck a cargo plane on Nov. 23, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Baghdad’s airport with its wing aflame. All three crew members were unhurt. A U.S. military investigation indicated the plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile. ``From the advice we received, it is now a safe environment to fly,’’ DHL spokeswoman Patricia Thomson told The Associated Press. She said flights to Baghdad International Airport resumed last Friday and the cargo company would ``soon try to commence with three flights per day.’’ Thomson refused for security reasons to say what added measures DHL was taking to prevent further attacks. Feel the disappointment at the Guardian! |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Perhaps DHL can have French journalists ON every flight into and out of Baghdad Int'l... |
| Posted by: seafarious 2003-12-3 3:41:48 PM |
| #6 You're a creative bunch. I was just going to hire the jihadis as missle catchers. Put 'em on a tow rope behind the aircraft on takeoff and see how fast they can run. When the plane gets to 10,000 feet, release the towline and let them parachute down (we don't want to be cruel, now). Repeat as required... |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-12-3 11:31:35 AM |
| #5 Hmm... Just read on BuzzMachine yesterday that Jeff Jarvis sent Zeyad (Healing Iraq) a digital camera via FedEx, and that postage was almost as much as the camera, so I wonder the rates are to ship something to Baghdad that's not an APO/FPO address? |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-12-3 11:11:33 AM |
| #4 Oooh - good one. Works for me! I'm still in favor of controlling the media, so AFP and Al Jizz and all of the other complicit asshats would be either deported or, if they failed to report for deportation, treated as jihadis. This would enhance aircraft security, too. Whatever it takes. ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2003-12-3 9:38:25 AM |
| #3 .com, I was thinking more like sticking a lit flare in their ass and dispersing at random altitudes to confuse the heatseekers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-12-3 9:32:11 AM |
| #2 Perhaps we could offer DHL a new service. When we snarf up a particulary hardcase close-mouthed jihadi, he goes into a pool. Each departing aircraft gets the appropriate number of jihadis from the pool which are shackled in place, draping them over the engine exhausts, for a reduced IR signature. Win-win. |
| Posted by: .com 2003-12-3 8:59:53 AM |
| #1 added measures DHL was taking Hard left, hard right, hard left again, steep climb to beyond visual range... easy. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-12-3 2:48:11 AM |