Due emergenze per aerei iraniani


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August 26, 2010


IRAN: 2 PLANES MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING IN TURKEY

Two Iranian passenger planes made an emergency landing at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport on Aug. 26, APA reported, citing Dogan News Agency. Mahan Air’s Airbus A-300 flying from Tehran to Dusseldorf was forced to make the landing when pilots noticed a fire in the engine. An hour later, Iran Air’s Airbus A-300 encountered undisclosed problems in Bulgarian airspace during its flight from Tehran to Stockholm, at which point the pilots requested for an emergency landing in Istanbul. Both planes are undergoing technical inspections.
 
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August 26, 2010


IRAN: UNUSUAL EMERGENCY LANDINGS IN TURKEY

A Mahan Air-operated Airbus A300 passenger flight from Tehran to Dusseldorf, Germany, made an emergency landing at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul at 10:02 a.m. local time Aug. 26, according to local media reports. The pilot of the flight, which the Mahan Air website identified as flight 5060, had reportedly requested an emergency landing as soon as the aircraft entered Turkish airspace after noticing the starboard engine was on fire. The plane, carrying 209 passengers and 18 crewmembers, made a successful technical landing. The airport has reported that the plane could take another 8 to 10 hours to repair.

Approximately one hour later, an Iran Air-operated A300 flying from Tehran to Stockholm, identified on the Iran Air website as flight 763, reported technical problems with an engine in Bulgarian airspace. Some flights servicing Tehran to Stockholm stop over in Frankfurt, which would explain why the aircraft was over Bulgaria. That flight, which had 236 passengers and crew aboard, also made a successful technical landing at Ataturk International Airport. The airport has reported that the Iran Air aircraft has been repaired and should depart soon.

No injuries have been reported in either incident. Reports from Istanbul say passengers have remained on the aircraft while maintenance investigates the problems. Both these flights were on frequently flown routes by both airlines, and airport authorities are not aware of any VIPs aboard either flight.

The incidents are noteworthy, as it is highly unusual for two aircraft to have to make emergency landings within an hour of one another and even more unusual that both flights originated from the same airport. These incidents may simply be representative of Iran’s inability to maintain its commercial aircraft under the weight of sanctions and financial restrictions, but given Iran’s ongoing confrontation with the West over its nuclear program, ulterior motives for the landings cannot be ruled out.
 
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