Mayday (2003)
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Karen Racicot as Claudine Vernier-Palliez
Episodes 1
Attack over Baghdad
September 21, 2005
• 45m
3x2
On 22 November 2003, a European Air Transport Airbus A300 operating on behalf of DHL is climbing away from Baghdad International Airport, when the left wing explodes, causing a massive loss of hydraulic fluid which immobilizes the flight control surfaces. The crew flies the aircraft by changing the engines' thrust for control and make a safe landing 16 minutes later. A surface-to-air missile had been launched at the aircraft.
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