Al-Arabiya reports that Qatar Airways flight QR491 escaped the fate of the Ukrainian airplane that was shot down by mistake near Tehran last week (AFP)
Published date: 13 January 2020 16:44 UTC |
A Qatar Airways airplane avoided crashing over Tehran despite flying in the same path as the Ukrainian plane that was accidentally shot down by an Iranian missile last week, according to the Al-Arabiya website.About two hours before the Ukrainian flight took off, Qatar Airways flight QR491 flew from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport to Doha without incident, the outlet reported.
On Saturday, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) urged airlines to avoid Iran’s airspace, following an earlier recommendation that airlines fly at least 25,000 feet or above in Iranian airspace.
NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED AS ACCURATE Source: Middle East Eye
