Amid escalating tensions over shooting down of a US drone by Iran, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency order prohibiting all US airlines and commercial operators from operating over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
The US aviation regulator has warned pilots that flights are not permitted in the overwater area of the Tehran Flight Information Region until further notice "due to heightened military activities and increased political tensions that might place commercial flights at risk."
The notice to airmen (NOTAM) further added that these military activities and political tensions present an inadvertent risk to the US civil aviation operations and potential for miscalculation and misidentification.
"The risk to US civil aviation is demonstrated by the Iranian surface-to-air missile shoot-down of a US unmanned aircraft system on 19 June 2019 while it was operating in the vicinity of civil air routes above the Gulf of Oman," the NOTAM read.
Earlier, United Airlines also cancelled its Newark-Mumbai service until further notice due to concerns regarding Iranian air space.
"UA48 (New York/Newark – Mumbai) has been cancelled. Customers flying onboard UA9239 (Mumbai – New York/Newark) will be rebooked on alternative flights back to the US. Customers travelling on these flights will experience extended flight times due to a change in our normal flight path," United said in a statement to CNBC-TV18.
First Published: Jun 21, 2019 10:15 AM IST
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