Bullets hit flydubai passenger jet at Baghdad airport


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Jan 2015

A general view shows Baghdad International Airport in this October 25, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen/Files

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bullets hit a passenger jet operated by budget carrier Dubai Aviation Corp, known as flydubai, as it was landing at Baghdad airport, the company and officials said on Tuesday.

An aviation official and a security official told Reuters two passengers were lightly injured when three or four bullets hit the body of the plane on Monday evening but they were unable to specify the source of the gunfire.

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