A U.S. military plane carrying a U.S. congressional delegation came under fire this week while taking off from Baghdad airport, forcing the crew to take evasive action, the military said on Friday.
No one on board the C-130 aircraft was hurt during the "surface-to-air" attack on Thursday, it said.
"The aircrew dispensed flares as a defensive countermeasure and conducted standard evasive maneuvers," the military said in a statement, adding the plane completed its flight.
The statement did not say who was among the congressional delegation nor specify the type of surface-to-air fire.
Numerous U.S. lawmakers have been visiting Baghdad ahead of a series of pivotal reports to be delivered to Congress in the coming weeks on the security and political situation in Iraq.
source: reuters.com
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