WorldIranian airliner with passengers on board seized at Istanbul over €3 million debt
Bailiffs boarded a passenger-carrying Caspian Airlines Boeing 737 in Istanbul before departure, served an order over a €3 million debt and seized the aircraft. The action came days after US secondary sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector took effect, cutting international flights at Tehran’s main airport by half.
Iranian airliner with passengers on board seized at Istanbul over €3 million debt