B738 FlyDubai colpito da proiettili durante l'atterraggio a Baghdad


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FlyDubai Plane Shot at During Baghdad Flight Amid Iraq Turmoil

A FlyDubai aircraft landed in Baghdad with damage to its fuselage that suggests the Boeing Co. (BA) 737 was shot at, the discount carrier said today.
An examination of the plane following yesterday’s flight revealed damage “consistent with small arms fire,” FlyDubai said in an e-mailed statement.
While passengers disembarked Flight FZ215 normally and no medical attention was required, the airline has suspended the daily Dubai-Baghdad service while the incident is investigated.
Emirates, the world’s biggest international carrier and also based in Dubai, together with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and Air Arabia PJSC (AIRARABI) of Sharjah also canceled flights to Baghdad until further notice at the instruction of the United Arab Emirates civil aviation authority.
Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines also scrapped its return flight to Baghdad today, according to the carrier’s website.
Iraqi forces are fighting Islamic State militants who took over large swathes of the country in June. Still, the route from Dubai follows the Persian Gulf before aircraft entering Iraqi airspace near Basra, descending into Baghdad over territory not generally associated with militant activity.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-...-during-baghdad-flight-amid-iraq-turmoil.html


Accident: Flydubai B738 at Baghdad on Jan 26th 2015, shots hitting aircraft
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By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Jan 27th 2015 00:35Z, last updated Tuesday, Jan 27th 2015 00:35Z
A Flydubai Boeing 737-800, registration A6-FEK performing flight FZ-215 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Baghdad (Iraq), landed on Baghdad's runway 15L when shots, fired from the Al-Radwaniya area just south of the airport, hit the aircraft causing damage to the aircraft. The aircraft rolled out without further incident.

Local media report two passengers received injuries as result of three rounds of shots were fired.

Airport officials reported the aircraft received damage, there were no casualties.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Baghdad.

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Airlines Suspend Baghdad Flights After Shots At Plane

January 27, 2015

Airlines from at least three countries suspended flights to Baghdad on Tuesday after bullets hit a plane operated by budget carrier flydubai as it was landing at Baghdad Airport.
An aviation official and a security official told Reuters news agency that two passengers were lightly injured when three or four bullets hit the body of the plane on Monday evening.
The security official said the authorities had rounded up suspects in farmlands south of the airport, which sits on the city's western outskirts.
It was not clear whether the shooting was intentional. Guns are widely available in Iraq and celebratory gunfire into the air is not uncommon.
Iraq's Shi'ite-led government, backed by US-led airstrikes, has been trying to push back Islamic State militants since they swept through northern Iraq in June.
But the nearest fighting to Baghdad's airport is on the western outskirts of Abu Ghraib, more than 10 km (6 miles) away.
The aviation official said Iraq had briefly suspended air traffic on Monday following the incident but permitted it to resume on Tuesday morning.
However, flydubai, Emirates, Air Arabia and Etihad Airways suspended flights on Tuesday, in line with a directive from the UAE's civil aviation authority.
Turkish Airlines and Middle East Airlines also suspended flights for the day without citing the shooting incident.
Company officials said Iraqi Airways and Caspian Airlines were operating flights to Baghdad on a normal schedule.
A spokesperson for flydubai denied that any passengers had required medical treatment and said an investigation was under way.
"After landing at Baghdad... on 26 January 2015, damage to the aircraft fuselage consistent with small arms fire was discovered on flydubai flight FZ 215," the spokesperson said.

(Reuters)
 
UAE To Let Airlines Resume Baghdad Flights

February 26, 2015

The United Arab Emirates' civil aviation regulator has given approval for local carriers to resume flights to Baghdad, reversing a directive that halted flights after bullets hit a flydubai plane as it landed in the Iraqi capital last month.
Two passengers were slightly injured when three or four bullets hit the body of the flydubai plane, damaging the fuselage, but officials were unable to identify the source of the gunfire.
"Based on the assessment of the information provided by all stakeholders... which reported that the incident was an accident... GCAA's approach is to allow operators of aircraft registered in the UAE to resume flights to Baghdad," the General Civil Aviation Authority said.
Flights will be subject to increased safety and security requirements, the regulator added without elaborating.
Emirates said earlier this week that it planned to resume flights to Baghdad on March 1.
At least seven airlines suspended flights after the incident; Turkish Airlines and Lebanon's Middle East Airlines resumed them within days.

(Reuters)
 
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