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| USAF C-17 damaged by SAM over Baghdad, lands safely |
| 2003-12-10 |
| Guerrillas hit a U.S. Air Force transport plane with a surface-to-air missile, causing the engine to explode, a senior Pentagon source said Wednesday. The plane landed safely. The C-17 had just lifted off from Baghdad International Airport before dawn Tuesday when the engine exploded, slightly injuring one of the 16 passengers and crew, said U.S. Air Force Capt. Carrie Clear of 447th Air Expeditionary Group, based at the airport. The plane returned to the airport and landed safely, Clear said. A senior Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the explosion as a direct hit by a ground-fired missile, "like the DHL" incident that damaged a cargo plane departing the airport last month. That plane, too, landed safely. Clear said the incident was under investigation. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #5 I thought the area around the airport was pretty barren. I wonder if you can adjust the flight patterns to put the shooters in a spot that would be very hard to escape from. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-10 6:28:15 PM |
| #4 Just watched a video on Fox telling about the attack on the plane. Unfortunately, they were showing video of a C-130 all the time they were talking about a C-17. Shouldn't these guys (and girls) have to pass a test to see if they know what the hell they are talking about? |
| Posted by: SamIII 2003-12-10 5:33:40 PM |
| #3 Flares are cheap... shoulda been making happy smoke angels. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-10 12:33:07 PM |
| #2 It sounds like the countermeasures weren't turned on, weren't effective, or weren't installed. You'd think that after the DHL incident they'd be extra careful. |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-12-10 11:45:22 AM |
| #1 I wonder if their attached French camera crew got some more footage. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-10 11:08:03 AM |