Editing Baghdad International Airport (section)

==Incidents and accidents==
*In February 1991, five aircraft, comprising three Iraqi Government [[executive jet]]s, plus two Iraqi Airways [[Tupolev Tu-124]]Vs (YI-AEL and YI-AEY), were destroyed on the ground at Saddam International Airport by US or allied bombs during the [[Gulf War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tupolev Tu-124V YI-AEL, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325825 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tupolev Tu-124V YI-AEY, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325829 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=YI-AKH, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325828 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gulfstream III G-1159A YI-AKI, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325826 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gulfstream III G-1159A YI-AKJ, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325827 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
*In June 2000, two Saudi former military officers boarded a plane bound for London and diverted it to Baghdad. They wanted to claim asylum in Iraq, but Iraqi authorities later deported them to Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20001014-0|title = ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 777-268 HZ-AKH Baghdad}}</ref>
* On 22 November 2003, a [[European Air Transport]] [[Airbus A300B4]] freighter, registered [[2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident|OO-DLL]], operating on behalf of [[DHL Aviation]], was hit by an [[SA-14]] 'Grail' missile shortly after takeoff. The airplane lost hydraulic pressure, causing a loss of control. After extending the landing gear to create more drag, the crew piloted the plane using differences in engine thrust and landed the plane with minimal further damage. All three crew survived. After the incident, civilian planes took to routinely performing [[corkscrew landing]]s to minimise the risk of being hit by surface weapons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22766888|title=The opinion pollsters who dodged mortar fire and militias|work=BBC News|date=5 June 2013|access-date=4 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925175547/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22766888|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
*On 26 January 2015, a [[Flydubai]] [[Boeing 737-800]] flying from [[Dubai]] to Baghdad with 154 passengers on board was hit by [[Firearm|small-arms]] fire on approach to Baghdad International Airport. The plane landed safely.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Boeing Hit by Gunfire in Baghdad|journal=Airliner World|date=March 2015|page=83}}</ref> One passenger was injured when at least three bullets struck the plane. After the incident, [[UAE]] carriers [[FlyDubai]] and [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]] suspended their flights from [[Dubai]] to Baghdad. Flights by [[Turkish Airlines]] and [[Royal Jordanian]] were also temporarily suspended.<ref name="auto"/>
*On 3 January 2020, a [[2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike|U.S. drone strike]] killed [[Qasem Soleimani]], leader of [[Iran]]'s [[Quds Force]], and [[Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis]], deputy commander of the [[Popular Mobilization Forces]], as their convoy left the airport on or near [[Baghdad Airport Road]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-01-02/irans-soleimani-and-iraqs-muhandis-killed-in-air-strike-militia-spokesman |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103034718/https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-01-02/irans-soleimani-and-iraqs-muhandis-killed-in-air-strike-militia-spokesman |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-quds-force-head-qassem-soleimani-killed-in-baghdad-strike-iraqi-tv/ |title=US kills powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad airstrike |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103051222/https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-quds-force-head-qassem-soleimani-killed-in-baghdad-strike-iraqi-tv/ |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html |title=U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces |last1=Crowley |first1=Michael |date=2 January 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103022034/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html |archive-date=3 January 2020 |last2=Hassan |first2=Falih |last3=Schmitt |first3=Eric}}</ref>