Posted on 01/06/2023 7:23:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Iran attracts a few tourists who love to see, and if possible, fly on vintage airliners that have vanished from the skies elsewhere. US sanctions on the sale of airliners containing US-manufactured components make it impossible to sell not just Boeings but also Airbus planes, which rely on engines, avionics and other bits and pieces which are developed and made in the USA.
As a result, the airlines of Iran rely on old models that were flying in Iran before the Islamic Revolution, or which have been smuggled into the country by devious means. A cloak and dagger tale has just unfolded seeing four jumbo jets mysteriously disappear from the skies, only to be detected by satellite imagery in Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport. It’s quite a tale.
Via Aerotime
On December 24, 2022, the four Airbus A340 airliners, formerly flown by Turkish Airlines and recently registered in Burkina Faso, departed for a scheduled flight from South Africa to Uzbekistan. However, as they flew over Iran, the aircraft disappeared from flight tracking services.
Days later, their presence at Mehrabad International Airport (THR) in Tehran, Iran, was confirmed by satellite imagery.
An A 340-300 in the livery of Iran’s Mahan Air
Photo credit: Marvin Mutz CC BY-SA 2.0 license
JUST IN: Visual confirmation that the 4x ex-Turkish Airlines (red tail and wing tips) Airbus A340-300 from 🇿🇦Johannesburg arrived to 🇮🇷Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.
Confirming identification, Sentinel-2 imagery shows that they were only recently parked here. https://t.co/cMNLyHCuhg pic.twitter.com/eyWVF4JZcW — Gerjon | חריון | غريون | ኼርዮን (@Gerjon_) December 29, 2022
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Russia and China...
More lost Boeing sakes...
It’s the Iran-Biden Affair
More like John Kerry and the Biden family...
Biden knew, of course. The 10% check obviously cleared.
Confiscate them when they land at some Western airport.
If I recall correctly (so don’t quote me on this) that 1/3rd of the world’s population lives in countries we have sanctioned . Probably lessens the impact of sanctions if we do it to everyone.
10% to the “Big Guy” gets you past most any sanctions….
We can issue sanctions and targeted countries can evade those sanctions. It’s just part of life is all.
Just the opposite of trying to convert B-52s into passenger planes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZSLQt7HKyw>
I don't think their final mission will involve landing.
Capitalism works.
Maybe they’re going to use the jumbo jets as bombs?
50 tons of HE or a FAE could make an unreasonably big mess of downtown anywhere.
They should have kill switches installed…activate mid ocean…
I don’t think Tehran will go along with that.
By what legal right can the USA confiscate airliners Iran, bought from Turkey? And I know checkers is a lot of fun, but play chess. What happens if we start getting OUR airliners confiscated in return as they land around the would?
Mission not involving landing? As I recall, that’s more of a Saudi/Sunni specialty.
As I recall Tehran calls us The Great Satan.
Nothing is off the table, they can look on the Sunni side of life for inspiration...
You maybe right.🤔
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