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Official: Charter plane carrying Americans takes off from Iran, lands in Dubai
CNN ^ | Fri September 5, 2014 | mon Prokupecz, Elise Labott and Barbara Starr

Posted on 09/06/2014 4:00:40 AM PDT by Gen.Blather

A plane carrying Americans was forced to land in Iran by the Iranian Air Force. It was allowed to leave early Saturday. It isn't known if all are still aboard. Link only.

(Excerpt) "A charter airplane carrying military contractors, including Americans, took off early Saturday from Iran, hours after its pilots were ordered to land because the flight plan was out of date, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: Gen.Blather

” A bonus question is, why are we flying Americans over Iran?”

Before ISIS took over a lot of Iraq, the mid east air space over Iraq looked like I5 during a work week.

After ISIS, most of the air traffic is now flying over Iraq, including non Arabic planes.

Check out the radar of planes flying over Iran, now. Drag your mouse pointer over the planes to see what airline and plane is shown.

http://www.flightradar24.com/33.33,44.28/6


21 posted on 09/06/2014 8:45:58 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Holder & his black racist thugs have started another Black Washing in Ferguson.)
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To: Gen.Blather

Yes, not enough to return but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have enough fuel to reach an alternate if needed. Past of point of no return.

“Forced” down was because of the timing issue but was quickly resolved. . .and I think it was resolved quickly because the aircraft was UAE-owned. . not American.

If it was American I am sure the plane would still be there, if not the entire passenger manifest.


22 posted on 09/06/2014 8:56:10 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Starboard

It is very disturbing to me. We have a lawless bunch in DC who manipulate us like nobody’s business.


23 posted on 09/06/2014 8:56:38 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Ken522

If you believe that for even just a second, the whole thing may as well have come from the Onion.


24 posted on 09/06/2014 9:00:51 AM PDT by wastedyears (Aldnoah.Zero - Best new anime of 2014.)
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To: Ken522; Gen.Blather; ASA Vet

I’m not a friend of the criminals in charge of Iran, and I will be glad when all of them are with their 72 virgin camels in hell not heaven.

However, Iran is a sworn enemy of ISIS and probably a few more very radical ISIS like groups.

Before the ISIS took over of a lot of Iraq, a large % of the mid east air traffic flew over Iraq. Now that traffic flies over Iran as shown by the link below. It will take 30 seconds to a minute to upload the planes in the radar:

http://www.flightradar24.com/33.33,44.28/6

Then, throw in the missing/seized airplanes now controlled by ISIS like groups, and Iran is probably scared they could be a target of terrorist flown airplanes:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/09/02/report-nearly-a-dozen-commercial-airliners-missing-ahead-of-911-anniversary-after-islamists-overrun-libyan-airport/

Report: Nearly a Dozen Commercial Airliners Missing Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary After Islamists Overrun Libyan Airport

Iran is going to be very cautious about any plane not following an up to date flight plan.

We don’t know who owns this charter plane and it’s country of origin. It probably will not be a US plane as our insurance companies are not covering planes flying over Iraq and Iran.


25 posted on 09/06/2014 9:06:07 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Holder & his black racist thugs have started another Black Washing in Ferguson.)
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To: PghBaldy

There is a governing elite in this country that plays by a different set of rules than the rest of us. We are dangerously close to being an oligarchy.


26 posted on 09/06/2014 9:51:12 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Grampa Dave

That was about that time I was born (1979), so I stand by my “I remember” statement ;)

That is however a perfect example. Iran knew the peanut farmer would merely huff and puff, so they took their chance to show how strong they’d grown. It took Reagan to put them back in their place.


27 posted on 09/06/2014 11:51:11 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Grampa Dave
Yep. Too dangerous to fly over Iraq now, so sometimes go over Iran.
28 posted on 09/06/2014 1:37:06 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Gen.Blather

The only safe way to pass information in today’s world is person to person...


29 posted on 09/06/2014 2:03:02 PM PDT by GOPJ ("If America was a house, the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: Grampa Dave

I tend to agree with your assessment. Iranian regime doesn’t want a confrontation with the US now; this isn’t 1979, especially given IS is actually in Iran’s backyard. They’re definitely very concerned about IS. Al-Baghdadi in fact threatened the iranian regime as far back as 2007 & meant it too.


30 posted on 09/06/2014 8:38:48 PM PDT by odds
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To: Gen.Blather

SEPTEMBER 2014 : (REPORT : ) (Excerpt) “A charter airplane carrying military contractors, including Americans, took off early Saturday from Iran, hours after its pilots were ordered to land because the flight plan was out of date, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
————— Official: Charter plane carrying Americans takes off from Iran, lands in Dubai
CNN ^ | Fri September 5, 2014 | mon Prokupecz, Elise Labott and Barbara Starr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 : (IRAN —— See WMD-NUKE DEAL) On September 8, [2014] Khamenei underwent surgery and it was then that doctors discovered the fatal situation
-————http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3264500/posts


31 posted on 03/05/2015 6:04:23 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Gen.Blather

bump


32 posted on 10/15/2016 2:42:56 AM PDT by piasa
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