(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-31 22:43

WASHINGTON -- A US military plane carrying four US lawmakers came under rocket fire Thursday night when departing Baghdad for Amman, the CNN reported Friday.

"Our plane leaving Iraq was fired upon, and it was a close call, but this is something that our men and women in combat face every day," Rep. Bud Cramer said in a statement.

Senators Mel Martinez, Richard Shelby and James Inhofe were also on the flight.

The US military in Iraq said the C-130 crew "dispensed flares as a defensive countermeasure and conducted standard evasive maneuvers. The aircraft, crew and passengers safely completed their flight."

Shelby told the CNN that the rockets were "near misses."