The U. S. Federal Aviation Administration is advising commercial airlines flying over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman to use caution in the wake of elevated tensions between the United States and Iran.
May 18 (UPI) — The U. S. Federal Aviation Administration is advising commercial airlines flying over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman to use caution in the wake of elevated tensions between the United States and Iran.
The message, which was released on Thursday and also sent to diplomats, warned that flying in the region could pose danger to U. S. aircraft.
The warning alerted airmen to the „heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the region which present an increasing inadvertent risk to U. S. civil aviation operations due to the potential for miscalculation or misidentification.
