The FAA banned US airlines from flying over Iran and Iraq after a missile attack on US troops

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The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday night issued a Notice to Airmen( NOTAMS) establishing a no-fly zone over Iraq and Iran. The proceed comes after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at basis in Iraq hosting US and Iraqi military personnel. The attack was retaliation for a US airstrike last week which killed Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more tales.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday night issued a Notice to Airmen( NOTAMS) establish a no-fly zone over Iraq and Iran, plus nearby seas, after airstrikes were launched on US personnel in the region.

In a statement, the FAA said it was forbid US civil aviation operators from flying over airspace over Iraq, Iran, and the seas of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.See the rest of the narrative at Business Insider

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