Close encounter | Fighter jet buzzes Iranian airliner over Syria
RT, 24 Jul 2020
Iran is demanding that the US be held accountable for scrambling a fighter jet to shadow a packed commercial plane in Syrian airspace, calling it an act of terrorism that deserves a probe by the UN-led civil aviation authority.
Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami went to great lengths to condemn the mid-air incident that saw an Airbus A310, flown by the private Mahan Air, perform an emergency maneuver after a close encounter with an American F-15 fighter jet.
“How could a passenger plane flying along a commercial route according to aviation protocols be attacked and threatened by some country's fighter jets?” he asked when talking to state news agency IRNA on Friday.
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Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami went to great lengths to condemn the mid-air incident that saw an Airbus A310, flown by the private Mahan Air, perform an emergency maneuver after a close encounter with an American F-15 fighter jet.
“How could a passenger plane flying along a commercial route according to aviation protocols be attacked and threatened by some country's fighter jets?” he asked when talking to state news agency IRNA on Friday.
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