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Iran: denied airspace for the flight of Angela Merkel

Berlin, Germany - After a couple of hours the required authorization has been released

While it was directed to India for an official visit, the plane of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been temporarily blocked during the flight due to the closure of the Iranian airspace: this is what her personal spokesman Steffen Seibert said. Once the Airbus ACJ-340 entered the Islamic Republic it was forbidden to fly over the skies of Iran. "Iran temporarily refused the fly over to the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1130324
Rome, Italy, 05/31/2011 17:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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