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Iran ordered jet carrying Americans to land because of expenses and paperwork Iran told jet carrying Americans to land because of expenses and paperwork
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Iran ordered a commercial aircraft chartered by the US-led military coalition in Afghanistan to land in the Islamic Republic so it could pay expenses and complete paperwork, an official there said on Saturday.Iran ordered a commercial aircraft chartered by the US-led military coalition in Afghanistan to land in the Islamic Republic so it could pay expenses and complete paperwork, an official there said on Saturday.
The comments by Mansour Haghighatpour, a member of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, are the first official word from Iran over the diversion on Friday of the chartered flight from the Dubai-based low-cost carrier flydubai. However, another Iranian official was quoted by the country’s official Mehr news agency as saying the crew of the plane had used “false information”, causing Iranian authorities to “become suspicious”.
The plane, on its way from Bagram airfield north of Kabul to Dubai, was allowed to depart after spending several hours on the ground in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. The flight path goes through Iranian airspace. The plane, a chartered flight from the Dubai-based low-cost carrier flydubai that was on its way from Bagram airfield north of Kabul to Dubai, was allowed to depart after spending several hours on the ground in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. The flight path goes through Iranian airspace.
“The plane was ordered to land in order to pay related expenses and doing paperwork to continue its flight,” the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Haghighatpour as saying. “Americans should know that Iran strongly defends its territory in land, sea and air. They should observe international measures in this regards. Otherwise they will face such an attitude.” The semi-official Fars news agency quoted Mansour Haghighatpour, a member of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, as saying: “The plane was ordered to land in order to pay related expenses and doing paperwork to continue its flight.
“Americans should know that Iran strongly defends its territory in land, sea and air. They should observe international measures in this regards. Otherwise they will face such an attitude.”
According to Mers, Jassem Jaderi, governor of Hormozgan province in southern Iran, said: “The crew used false information so the authorities became suspicious ... Because the information provided was incorrect, we asked the airplane to land so we could gather more information.”
Jasem Jaderi, the governor of Hormozgan province, where Bandar Abbas is the capital, told the Iranian news website yjc.ir that out of 140 passengers on the diverted flight, 110 were American.Jasem Jaderi, the governor of Hormozgan province, where Bandar Abbas is the capital, told the Iranian news website yjc.ir that out of 140 passengers on the diverted flight, 110 were American.
Iranians radioed the plane’s crew to say they did not have the proper paperwork and to return to Bagram, a US official said on Friday. The pilots said they did not have enough fuel to return so the Iranian authorities told them to land in Iran.Iranians radioed the plane’s crew to say they did not have the proper paperwork and to return to Bagram, a US official said on Friday. The pilots said they did not have enough fuel to return so the Iranian authorities told them to land in Iran.
Flydubai, like its larger sister carrier Emirates, is owned by the government of the emirate of Dubai, one of seven states in the United Arab Emirates.Flydubai, like its larger sister carrier Emirates, is owned by the government of the emirate of Dubai, one of seven states in the United Arab Emirates.
A US State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, said that, contrary to some media reports “no Iranian jets were scrambled in this situation”.
“We appreciate the efforts of all parties to help the passengers get safely to their destination,” she said.