Air France has opened an internal inquiry into why one of its jets flew over Iraq on October 1 as Iran launched a missile attack on Israel as Middle East tensions heightened, the airline told Agence France-Presse (AFP) – a French news agency – on October 9, 2024. Iraq lies between the two countries. Air France flight AF662 flew over southern Iraq airspace as the attack began at around 16:45 GMT before leaving the airspace shortly after at just before 17:00 GMT. “Without waiting for instructions from the Iraqi authorities, Air France has decided to suspend overflight of the country’s

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