Well, there is THIS:
(won’t post the URL)
Iran: US Plane Leaves After Emergency Landing
By BY NASSER KARIMI (A. P. )
TEHRAN, Iran December 30, 2012
A small American commercial plane left Iran Sunday after it was repaired following an emergency landing at an Iranian airport this month, state TV reported.
The plane was forced to land 16 days ago at the airport of the southern city of Ahvaz due to technical failure, Mahmoud Rasoulinejad, head of the state-owned Iran Airports Company, told the TV station.
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[maybe unrelated; may be the source of a story which evolved into the Clinton story; or may be unrelated at all. Who knows?)
very interesting.
Wonder if this crash showed up on satellite or any other monitoring device?
bttt - pilots DO talk amongst themselves.