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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 1:10 pm
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Originally Posted by MCI2OMA2ATL
I would think that a US flaged Delta 777 landing at Kandahar, Tehran, Tripoli or even Baghdad or Beirut would cause plenty of headaches.

Does anyone know of this ever happening?
A few years ago, a NW DC-10 (flying BOM-AMS) landed in Tehran when a faulty sensor set off a warning of fire in the cargo hold. Passengers said they were treated perfectly fine.

http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1119223467.html
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