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Old 29th Sep 2014, 07:34
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Vortac1: One of flydubai's aircraft did indeed have a hole shot into it, when it was parked on the ramp in Djibouti, as the result of a disgruntled member of Djibouti's Presidential Security Team loosing off a few shots in the direction of a member of the Presidents team (some sort of feud between the two of them) and, as a result, one bullet pierced the cabin and lodged itself inside one of the overhead luggage bins.

The recent Sanna incident came about when a group of armed rebels / freedom fighters (take your pick?!), travelling in a number of pick-up trucks, invaded the airport, then used their vehicles to block the front of the aircraft. They then entered the aircraft and searched for any Yemeni government officials whom might have been attempting to leave the Yemen. Very fortunately, none of the crew were either kidnapped or harmed and the aircraft latterly returned to Dubai without further incident.
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