TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, February 28. Several
flights operated by Uzbek airlines were forced to return to their
departure airports following the closure of airspace over Iran and
Israel, Trend reports
via Uzbekistan Airports.
According to the information. Fly One Asia flight 7Q4461 on the
Andijan-Medina route returned to Andijan. The airline’s flight
7Q342 from Medina to Tashkent also turned back to Medina.
Qanot Sharq flight HH901 en route from Tashkent to Dubai
returned to Tashkent airport.
Fly Khiva flight 2U7706, operating on the Medina–Andijan route,
returned to Medina.
Air Samarkand flight 9S3302 from Jeddah to Tashkent also
returned to its departure airport in Jeddah.
The airspace closure followed a sharp escalation in regional
tensions. Earlier, on February 28, Israel carried out airstrikes on
targets in Iran. Israel’s Defense Minister stated that the strikes
were preventive in nature and aimed at countering what he described
as immediate security threats.
