Thanks for posting this information - so now they are blaming it on the “outdated” flight plan? Whaaaaat?
“so now they are blaming it on the “outdated” flight plan?”
According to the article the plane’s takeoff was delayed three hours. When they got over Iranian air space the allowed time for the flight had run out. Apparently, the Iranians ordered them to turn back. The pilot said he didn’t have enough fuel. (Really?!) The plane was forced to land, inspected and allowed to leave.
If this was harassment, it was darned light, given that in Iran harassment is arrest and incarceration for a couple of years. Two questions. What did the fuel cost compared to the usual? And, what did our country give away to get the airborne again? A bonus question is, why are we flying Americans over Iran?
“Outdated”? as in 30 YEARS outdated? Duh.
If you believe that for even just a second, the whole thing may as well have come from the Onion.
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:
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.