Pak ATC diverts 30 planes from entering Iranian war zone

Pakistan Airport Traffic Control has prevented around 30 passenger-aircraft from entering the Iranian war zone during the last two days, thus averting a major disaster, an official said on Friday.” Due to severe weather conditions, some 30 Pakistani passenger aircraft were on the verge of drifting into Iranian war-zone airspace on Wednesday and Thursday. Timely guidance from the air traffic controllers, particularly coordination with the Karachi Flight Information Region, helped avert a major disaster,” an official of the Airport Traffic Controllers of Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) said. He said these aircraft came under the pressure of extreme weather near the Iran border, creating a highly risky situation. However, the professionalism demonstrated by the Lahore air traffic controllers ensured that the planes were safely diverted away from the danger zone, although no response was received from Tehran Air Traffic Control despite repeated attempts, he said. These flights were arriving and going to Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and some other countries.