Yeah, I thought of that too. This is crazy!
To Freeper pilots out there, is this a plausible explanation?
The Fly Dubai plane was on its way to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates but apparently took off hours later than scheduled, the officials said. By the time it was over Iran, Iranian authorities said the plane’s flight plan was no longer valid and the plane was ordered to land.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/american-charter-plane-forced-iran/story?id=25280712