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Old Jan 27, 2015, 12:53 am
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Flydubai Hit by small arms fire landing into BGW!!
A Flydubai 737 has been shot at and hit on it's approach into Baghdad!

http://www.emirates247.com/news/emir...01-27-1.578289

http://www.wsj.com/articles/shots-fi...dad-1422341895
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Old Jan 27, 2015, 3:02 pm
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A pic of one of the bullet holes, must have been close!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...dubai-jet.html
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Old Jan 28, 2015, 7:00 pm
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I understand that EK, ET, FD, G9, TK, & ME all suspended flights into BGW.

I assume that some of those suspensions will be short-term.
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Old Feb 22, 2015, 3:29 am
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Originally Posted by Indelaware
I understand that EK, ET, FD, G9, TK, & ME all suspended flights into BGW.

I assume that some of those suspensions will be short-term.
FlyDubai has resumed BGW flights as of this morning.

Air Arabia restarted last week.

Turkish and MEA had restarted within days of the incident.
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