On Jan. 16, the European Union’s aviation regulator issued a warning to European airlines to stay out of Iranian airspace. “Given the ongoing situation and the potential for U.S. military action, which has placed Iranian air defense forces on a heightened state of alert, there is currently an increased likelihood of misidentification within the FIR Tehran,” the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said in a bulletin.
“The presence and possible use of a wide range of weapons and air-defense systems, combined with unpredictable state responses and the potential activation of SAM systems, creates a high risk to civil flights operating at all altitudes and flight levels,” the bulletin continued.
