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by knute 1615 days ago
An Airbus A300 was hit with a portable SAM over Baghdad in 2003. The missile struck the wing instead of the engine and caused the loss of all hydraulics. The crew was able to land by steering with the engines. So while this aircraft did survive, it very easily could have gone the other way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Baghdad_DHL_attempted_sho...