Iran condemns US after warplane fly-by panics Iranian airliner passengers | Malay Mail

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TEHRAN, July 24 — Iran today dismissed a US explanation that a US jet was conducting a visual inspection when it “harassed” an Iranian civilian airliner, saying the plane was forced to rapidly change altitude to avoid collision, injuring and panicking passengers. State TV video footage of the...

Friday, 24 Jul 2020 07:23 PM MYT

State TV video footage of the inside of the airliner shows a passenger lying immobile of the floor and another with a wounded nose and forehead, presenting his bloodied face mask to the camera. “The harassment of a passenger plane on the territory of a third country is a clear violation of aviation security and freedom of civilian aircraft.”

“I saw a black plane approaching us, and then we lost our balance,” one unidentified injured passenger told state TV.One of the passengers was lying on the floor by the toilets and another passenger put a cushion under his head as cabin crew tended to others.

 

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