Aircraft far from airstrip

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Baghdad International Airport is to the south, but quite a distance.
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@ 2006-01-19 09:52:11
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Why's the plane where it is?
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@ 2006-01-19 10:04:37
That I can't tell you. I imagine it was under repairs at the time of the invasion. It looks to me like the right wingtip is damaged. It could also be a case similar to many of Iraq's military airfields where old planes are dragged away from the airfield and left to rust.