Plane Carrying Americans Reaches Dubai After Being Diverted To Iran -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A chartered aircraft carrying about 100 Americans from the U.S. airbase at Bagram, Afghanistan, has landed safely in Dubai after being diverted to Iran because of issues with its flight plan, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
The Fly Dubai plane took off earlier from Bandar Abbas, Iran, after being rerouted there. A U.S. official said the plane had failed to update its flight plan after leaving Bagram for Dubai several hours late.
When Iranian civil aviation officials identified the plane, they could not find it in their system because it was supposed to have flown through hours earlier, the official said.
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Update: Iran official says crew of plane carrying Americans gave false information -- Reuters
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My Comment: Apparently there were no Iranian jets scrambled to intercept the plane and the entire "misunderstanding" was defused very quickly .... but still .... this could have caused a crisis that would have destroyed any hope of any cooperation between the U.S. and Iran for a few generations.
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