Air France: Investigation into its flight over Iraq at the time of the Iranian attack on Israel

Air France announced today that it has launched an internal investigation into the flight of one of its planes into Iraqi airspace on October 1 during the Iranian missile attack on Israel. The company stressed that flight AF662 from Paris to Dubai was traveling at the time of the attack through a special runway used by all airlines in southern Iraq and fifteen minutes later left the country’s airspace, which had not been closed for the air traffic until 20:56 Greek time. “Without waiting for instructions from the Iraqi authorities, Air France has decided to suspend the flights of its aircraft in the country’s airspace from 20:00 (Greece time),” Air France said. “An internal investigation has been launched into this incident,” he added. Air France also highlighted that another flight returned to Paris, while a third, from Singapore to Paris, made an additional stop in Delhi to […]
Source: News Beast

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