MEA Cancels Tuesday's Flights to and from Baghdad after Shooting
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Middle East Airlines joined on Tuesday other carriers in the region to cancel flights to Baghdad after a plane from Dubai came under fire as it landed in the Iraqi capital a day earlier.
A short statement said MEA canceled the flights to and from the Iraqi capital for Tuesday given the circumstances at Baghdad International Airport.
MEA had only one scheduled flight to Baghdad at noon and another flight from there to Beirut in the afternoon.
MEA chief executive officer Mohammad al-Hout told Agence France Presse that flights to other Iraqi cities were continuing as normal.
"As far as tomorrow's (flight) is concerned, we are waiting to assess the situation and see what steps are going to be taken before deciding," he said.
MEA's statement came after Dubai government-backed discount carrier FlyDubai confirmed that it was the airline involved in the shooting on Monday night.
It said small-arms fire damaged the plane's fuselage and that no passengers needed medical attention at the airport.
It canceled its only flight to Baghdad on Tuesday.
Dubai-based Emirates and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways separately said they are suspending flights to Iraq until further notice.
Budget carrier Air Arabia, based in the emirate of Sharjah, near Dubai, also confirmed it was suspending flights.
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the island kingdom of Bahrain, followed suit.
It was unclear who was behind the shooting on Monday and whether the FlyDubai plane was deliberately targeted.
Baghdad International Airport is surrounded by a vast and heavily guarded security perimeter lined with concrete blast walls, making it difficult for insurgents to fire on incoming planes.
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27 January 2015, 12:04
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iceman,did you forget to log in as norma to sing the houthi tune?
We can't blame you if you forget which name you log in & out with all day long.... keep up the good work iceman..terrorist..norma etc etc.
27 January 2015, 12:16
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That's what I thought also...glad we agree on something eagledawn.
how else could we describe iceman?
27 January 2015, 12:22
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iceman is your nightmare you vindictive hateful creature. Focus on the article and stop spamming with ten new aliases every day.
27 January 2015, 12:40
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Whats scary is no matter when I log into this site...You & your other gender names is re-posting unrelated Houthi over & over.
How about you surprise this forum & prove me wrong by not posting for one day... ONE DAY !! is it that serious that you need to live & breathe on Naharnet & repeating the word houthi over & over?
27 January 2015, 13:58
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-phoenix1 best described him the other day as the toad not the roar.
27 January 2015, 13:59
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You are a star on Naharnet iceman...like clockwork..no one cam match your dedication
King/queen of Naharnet is ta da ...iceman/woman.
punctual & on time every time to reply to itself as predicted.
oh btw..thanks for confirming everything I predicted about you & how you will reply to yourself as norma ... PERFECT..you never miss lol
27 January 2015, 16:48
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we are on very good terms with the lebanese army, and HA supports it in every possible way. it is you and your kind who hate the lebanese army and keep attacking it, verbally and physically, bombing checkpoints, shooting at soldiers, planting IEDs against its convoys, kidnapping and beheading them.
there is nothing you could ever say that would make you respected, there is only one solution for you, and it comes in intra-cranial lead injections.
27 January 2015, 17:14
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The secular atheist mouthpiece of hezballah says" we are on very good terms with the lebanese army, and HA supports it in every possible way. "
I wonder how he happens to be an atheist member of hezballah when Nassrallah says:
"
السيد الامين العام لـ”حزب الله”، فجأة ومن دون مقدمات، أطلق سهامه على الملحدين، واعتبر ما يرتكبه البعض باسم الدين والاسلام لا يبرر النزعة الى الإلحاد التي لاحظ انها بدأت تظهر في المجتمعات العربية، ولمّح الى ان خطر الالحاد لا يقل عن خطر التكفير."
27 January 2015, 13:54
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southern have a look at what I posted & how it played out like clockwork.
so predictable but pathetic a man pretending to be a woman & replying to him/herself.
lololol it played out like just as predicted...iceman on time everytime lmfao
27 January 2015, 13:57
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the troll of trolls has the @ice-man syndrome. Go get a life and for once comment on the article and stop harassing people.
27 January 2015, 14:00
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I will comment on the article when you lead by example.
point us the post you made worth reading?
take a hike spammer
27 January 2015, 14:18
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roar seriously man... this is a news forum and not a gossip social forum. Just look at your first post and onwards. The article is about MEA canceling flights and look how you hijacked the forum with your personal nonsense. Do you know what time it is in the western United States now... I doubt iceman will be posting at 4 in the morning. Your prejudice is clouding your judgement that is if you ever had any. Please spare us your childish behavior and rants and as others said to you STICK to the article.
27 January 2015, 14:30
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Galaxy...I rarely posy on here anymore because its the same BS & the post that was posted when I was here last hasn;t changed.
This should be a forum to debate in a civilized manner.
Yet your friends that you support only repeat the same nonsense every single day.... houthi this houthi that......if you consider that debate then your no better then them.
& yes iceman terrorist norma etc replying to itself & then logging in & out signing as guests to harass anyone who disagrees with their agenda is a disgrace.
You want me to debate whom? who is posting anything to debate?
its nothing more than spam.....houthi houthi houthi houthi houthi..
get real people..this site is bombarded by iceman & his spamming.
when you want debate..then make it only one name per legit email address
anyone have a problem with that?
27 January 2015, 15:00
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no no, thank you iceman... we value your dedication & commitment to signing in & out all day under so many names..from iceman to terrorist to Norma jean, to even all diff guest names.
Your tireless efforts shall be recognized .
27 January 2015, 15:02
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You mean you know this because you haven't had time to log in as iceman yet?
hilarious stuff
