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A flight of the Australian airline Qantas returned Tuesday to Perth, Australia, 15 hours after taking off from that city to Paris, due to tensions in the Middle East, in the midst of cross accusations between Iran and Israel of having broken the announced cease-fire. Through X, the airline explained that, “due to additional airspace closures and congestion in the Middle East”, the service between Perth and Paris was forced to return to the city …
Flight to nowhere: Qantas jet to Paris turns back after 15 hours in the air due to Iran-Israel conflict
The airplane, a Boeing 787 jet, departed from Perth for a long-haul 17-hour journey to Paris at 7.35 pm local time on Monday. It was not until the plane reached the Indian airspace that the crew was told about the shut airspace over West Asia, forcing the plane to turn back
Passengers on a Qantas Airways flight from Perth, Australia, to Paris were surprised to return to Australia after spending more than 15 hours in the air without reaching their destination. This came after airspace was closed in parts of the Middle East following the Iranian missile attack on a US base in Qatar on Monday evening. After spending the vast majority of the total 17-hour flight time, the passengers found themselves landing in Australi…
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