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Airlines Warned To Avoid Iranian Airspace After Iran Shot Down ₦$220m US Spy Drone

Airlines Warned To Avoid Iranian Airspace After Iran Shot Down ₦79b US Spy Drone
As things begin to get tougher between the two countries, a number of global airlines including the KLM, British Airways, Lufthansa and Qantas have confirmed that they wouldn't be flying over the Iranian airspace.
This is coming up following advice from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) banning all United States carriers from the route.

Talking more on the issue, this is regarding tensions between the United States and Iran after the later shot down a $220 million high altitude United States drone with a surface-to-air missile and after the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh boasted that he could have equally shot down a United States P8 aircraft with 35 personnel on board while it was violating their airspace.

According to him, their decision to shoot down the surveillance drone was only to send a message to Washington.
Federal Aviation Administration said:
'There were numerous civil aviation aircraft operating in the area at the time of the intercept,' it said, adding that its prohibition would stay in place until further notice.'
The British Airways, American Airlines, Air France, Delta Airlines, Australia's Qantas Airways, KLM, Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines Ltd have all confirmed they were re-routing their flights to avoid the area.

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