Date & Time

22 November 2003 at 0900LT

Crew on board

3

Type of Aircraft

Pax on board

0

Company name

Crew fatalities

0

Registration

OO-DLL

Pax fatalities

0

Location

Baghdad, Iraq

Schedule

Baghdad - Bahrain

Total fatalities

0

Construction number

093

Year of manufacture

1979

After departure, while climbing to 8'000 feet, the aircraft was hit by a SAM-7 surface-to-air missile which struck the left wing and penetrated the n° 1A fuel tank. Fire erupted and a portion of wing burned. With left engine out of service and hydraulic failure, the crew elected to return to airport but the first approach was missed and a go around procedure was performed. Eventually, the aircraft landed 16 minutes later but veered off the left side of the runway, crossed a soft sand area on 600 meters before coming to rest. Nobody was injured but the aircraft is written off.