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Crew of a Turkish Airlines aircraft attacked by passengers

Kuwait City, Kuwait - The pilot had decided to land in Kuwait, rather than in Basra, because of the weather conditions in the Iraqi city

The crew of a Turkish Airlines aircraft was attacked by 15 Iraqi passengers at Kuwait International Airport, where the pilot had decided to land because of the bad weather conditions in Basra, the flight's final destination. According to reports from the local newspaper "Al Watan", the aircraft had taken off from Istanbul, when the pilot decided to land in Kuwait: since the weather conditions were...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1157442
Rome, Italy, 01/07/2014 11:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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