"For their amazing and momentous actions in the saving
of their aircraft, the Hugh Gordon-Burge Memorial Award is
presented to each crewmember of the DHL flight."
Source: The Guild of Air Pilots and Air
Navigators, in the conclusion of their summary of the events after
a DHL aircraft was hit by a missile while departing Baghdad last
year. The Guild has awarded the crew of the Airbus 300
-- Captain Eric Gennotte, First Officer Steeve Michielsen and
Flight Engineer Mario Rofail -- the Hugh Gordon-Burge Memorial
Award for the incredible feat of safely landing the aircraft
and walking away from it after the missile took out all three
hydraulic systems.
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