- BAGHDAD (AP) -- Guerrillas
hit a U.S. Air Force transport plane with a surface-to-air missile, causing
the engine to explode, a senior Pentagon source said Wednesday. The plane
landed safely.
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- The C-17 had just lifted off from Baghdad International
Airport before dawn Tuesday when the engine exploded, slightly injuring
one of the 16 passengers and crew, said U.S. Air Force Capt. Carrie Clear
of 447th Air Expeditionary Group, based at the airport.
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- The plane returned to the airport and landed safely,
Clear said.
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- A senior Pentagon official, speaking on condition of
anonymity, described the explosion as a direct hit by a ground-fired missile,
"like the DHL" incident that damaged a cargo plane departing
the airport last month. That plane, too, landed safely.
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- Clear said the incident was under investigation.
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