EU aviation agency warns against flying over Iran until further notice
Portraits of those on board the Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 are displayed at the Boryspil International Airport in Kiev, Ukraine, yesterday. Iran has admitted shooting down the aircraft due to 'human error.' All 167 passengers and nine crew members were killed en route from Tehran to Kiev, January 8, 2020, – EPA pic, January 12, 2020.
THE EU’s air safety agency yesterday advised airlines to avoid flying over Iran, after Tehran admitted mistakenly shooting down a passenger jet, killing 176 people. After days of denials, Iranian authorities finally acknowledged that air defences had brought the Ukrainian airliner down with missiles, blaming “human error”.
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