Turkish plane makes emergency landing in Iran

  04 February 2017    Read: 920
Turkish plane makes emergency landing in Iran
A passenger plane belonging to Turkey’s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, has been forced to make an emergency landing in Iran`s south eastern city of Zahedan on Feb. 4.
The Airbus jet heading from Istanbul to Vietnam changed the destination due to critical health conditions of a passenger on board, said Hamid Reza Parsa, an official with the Zahedan Airport, IRNA news agency reported.

The Turkish jet landed at 7:35 local time (GMT +3:30 hours), Parsa said, adding that the sick passenger was transferred to one of the hospitals in Zahedan city to receive medical treatment.

He said that the Turkish Airbus A330-300 aircraft will leave Zahedan to Vietnam after receiving the needed permissions once the patient gets well.

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