Explained: US flights over Iran airspace suspended; will Indian passengers be affected? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: US flights over Iran airspace suspended; will Indian passengers be affected? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Reported by Pranav Mukul |Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Published: June 21, 2019 10:32:19 am

Explained: US flights over Iran airspace suspended; will Indian passengers be affected?

United Airlines said it had “conducted a thorough safety and security review” before deciding to indefinitely scrap the Mumbai-Newark flight.

There have been precedents where civilian flights have come under safety threat when flying over regions with ongoing geopolitical tensions.

After the Iranian Revolutionary Guard shot down a US military drone over its airspace on Thursday, brewing tensions between the two countries have impacted flight operations of American carriers. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) late Thursday issued an emergency directive prohibiting all US flights from flying over Tehran-controlled airspace.