Iran has closed its airspace
Some flights were forced to go to Tashkent.
June 13, due to the closure of Iran’s airspace, several flights were forced to an alternate airfield in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Airports press service reported.
- Uzbekistan Airways flight HY5343 en route Tashkent – Jeddah landed at 06:18 (no passengers on board);
- Fly Dubai flight FZ1942 on the route Tashkent – Dubai landed at 06:37 local time (passengers are temporarily accommodated in the airport terminal);
- Air Cairo flights SM882 on the route Almaty – Sharm el Sheikh (07:46) and QR8985 of Qatar Airways on the route Seoul – Doha (07:57) made an emergency landing at Tashkent airport.
For more information on flight status, please check with the air carriers.
It should be recalled that the Uzbek embassies urgently appealed to compatriots in Israel and Iran. The reason was the threat of rocket attacks. On the night of June 13, Israel conducted a series of airstrikes against military and nuclear sites in Iran as part of an operation called Rising Lion.
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