the air force controls beirut airport and warns against delivering weapons to hezbollah. the iranian transport plane is suspected of turning around and turning back.
2024-09-28
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▲beirut international airport
the israeli military announced on september 28 that the israeli air force had taken control of the area where beirut international airport is located. at present, the normal flight operations of the airport are not affected, but the israeli air force fighter planes are circling and patrolling around the airport to prohibit any force from transporting weapons to hezbollah in lebanon. the israeli side announced the news to incoming and outgoing flights through the airport tower communication system.
idf spokesman daniel hagari said: "under no circumstances will we allow the transfer of weapons to hezbollah. air force aircraft are now patrolling the beirut airport area. so far, the lebanese government has behaved responsibly for many years , the transfer of weapons through civilian airports is not allowed. we announced in advance that we will not allow aircraft carrying weapons to land at beirut international airport. this is a civilian airport and needs to be preserved in this form, and we will not shoot down any civilian aircraft. "
beirut international airport is about 9 kilometers away from the center of beirut, the capital of lebanon. it has three runways and the terminal building is also constantly expanding. this is the second major port in and out of lebanon after beirut port. it receives more than 7 million passengers every year, and many cargo planes also take off and land here.
▲ep-fab route map
according to the flight trajectory recorded by the flightradar24 website, a boeing 747-281f cargo aircraft numbered "ep-fab" belonging to fars airlines of qeshm island, iran, flew into the air at 9:30 a.m. on september 28. it took off from tehran, the capital of iran, passed through the airspace of iraq and syria, then turned around and landed in tehran at 12:24 noon.
it was unclear whether the incident was related to the israeli air force's statement.
red star news reporter zheng zhi
editor pan li editor-in-chief deng zhaoguang
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