ALL PHOTOS

On the eve of the American fighter F-15 came close to a passenger Airbus A310, flying from Tehran to Beirut, in the skies over Syria

Pixabay.com

The Pentagon denies the dangerous proximity of the passenger plane of Iranian airline Mahan Airlines F-15 U.S. air force, which occurred over Syria

Pixabay.com

Because of the convergence of the Iranian airline plane sharply lowered the altitude to avoid collision. This led to the fact that several people were injured

Khashayar Talebzadeh / wikimedia.org

The Pentagon denies the dangerous proximity of the passenger plane of Iranian airline Mahan Airlines F-15 U.S. air force, which occurred over Syria.

“The F-15 was held today by the evening standard visual inspection passenger airliner Mahan Air at a safe distance about 1 m from the aircraft. A visual inspection was conducted to ensure the safety of the personnel of the coalition garrison in Al-TANF”, – reads the statement of the command (quoted by the Associated Press). It is argued that “professional interception” was made according to international standards.

On the eve of the American fighter F-15 came close to a passenger Airbus A310, flying from Tehran to Beirut, in the skies over Syria. Initially it was assumed that the fighter belonged to Israel, but according to the pilot of an Iranian airliner by radio communication, the pilot of the F-15 said that it refers to U.S. forces. Because of the convergence of the Iranian airline plane sharply lowered the altitude to avoid collision. This led to the fact that several people were injured. Tehran has contacted the UN Secretary-General and the Swiss Ambassador, who represents U.S. interests in Iranian territory.

IRIB TV channel has posted footage taken by passengers. They fighter some time accompanied by an airliner, and then decreases and goes away. It is also seen that the attempts of the crew to leave from collision, some passengers were injured. One of them has a broken head.

Breaking / Iran state TV reports an Istaeli has threatened Mahan jet passenger plane on it’s way to Syria pic.twitter.com/GAgYefXDU7— Rohollah Faghihi (@FaghihiRohollah) July 23, 2020