Air India flight AIC129, which took off from Mumbai to London this morning, is returning back to Mumbai due to the closure of Iranian airspace.
Israel Iran War: Yesterday, the flight going from Ahmedabad to London met with an unfortunate accident. After that, the flight that took off from Mumbai to London at 5:20 AM today also returned after some time. The reason for this is being told as Israel’s attack on Iran.
Due to the closure of Iranian airspace after Israel’s attack on Iran, Air India flight AIC129, which took off from Mumbai to London at 5:39 AM this morning, 19 minutes late from the scheduled time, is returning to Mumbai.
Airlines around the world have cancelled their flights
In fact, Iran’s airspace has been closed after Israel’s attack on Iran. Due to this, all the flights going from that route are either being diverted, or they have to return to their take-off origin.
Planes avoiding flying over Israel, Iran and Iraq According to data from Flightradar 24, airlines vacated their airspace over Israel, Iran and Iraq early on Friday after Israel launched drone and missile attacks on Iran.
Air travel is getting affected
Airlines diverted or cancelled flights to keep passengers and crew safe. There are many problems with airline operations in the growing conflict zones around the world. Especially, such missile and drone attacks are becoming a matter of concern for passenger safety.