"Flight plans are adjusted in real time according to the decisions of the French and regional authorities, throughout the world, in order to ensure the highest level of flight safety", Air France said in a statement.
“As a precautionary measure and following news of air strikes underway, Air France has decided to suspend until further notice all flights through Iranian and Iraqi airspace,” an Air France spokesman said.
Iran's action early on Wednesday was in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander in Baghdad, which has triggered fears of a new Middle East war.
United states authorities also banned all U.S.-registered carriers indefinitely from flying over Iraq, Iran, and the Gulf following rocket attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq on January 8.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a notice to airmen that prohibits “U.S. civil aviation operators from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran, and the waters of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman,” it said in a statement.
A Ukrainian passenger plane with at least 176 people on board has crashed shortly after take-off from the international airport south of the Iranian capital Tehran. AFP reported.
No survivour as all 176 people on board a Ukrainian passenger plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported.
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