The aircraft took off from Baghdad International Airport en route to Bahrain International Airport at 06:30 UTC with an experienced crew of three: two Belgians, 38-year-old Captain Eric Genotte and 29-year-old First Officer Steeve Michielsen, and a Briton, 54-year-old flight engineer Mario Rofail.
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Severe wing damage resulted in a fire and complete loss of hydraulic flight control systems.
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Paris Match Reporter Claudine Vernier-Palliez accompanied a Fedayeen commando unit on their strike mission against the DHL aircraft.
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In May 2006, Captain Eric Genotte, together with Armand Jacob, an Airbus experimental test pilot, gave a presentation to the Toulouse branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society titled “Landing an A300 Successfully Without Flight Controls”.
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