Mahan A346 near Kish on Dec 26th 2022, unplanned landing, family of former Iranian footballer taken for questioning
Last Update: December 27, 2022 / 12:21:36 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 26, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Mahan Air
Flight number
W5-63
Departure
Teheran Imam Khomeini, Iran
Destination
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
EP-MMQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
The reason for the diversion remains unclear. The aircraft remained on the ground in Kish for about 90 minutes, the continued the flight to Dubai, however, without two passengers who remained on Kish Island. The aircraft reached Dubai with a delay of about 2 hours.
While initially there were claims that the former Iranian record footballer Ali Daei had been on board and was arrested, Daei reported he was not on board, however, his wife and his daughter were on board and were taken for interviews, but were not arrested. Daei, who had scored 109 goals for the Iranian team during his active career, had been backing anti-government protests by Iran's people after the death of a woman in police custody. Daei said, his wife and his daughter were legally leaving Teheran for a planned visit to Dubai, they would have returned home the following week.
Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported Daei's wife had been given a travel ban earlier in the month for supporting anti-government protests, she would be trying to illegally bypass the ban with her final destination being the USA.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 26, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Mahan Air
Flight number
W5-63
Departure
Teheran Imam Khomeini, Iran
Destination
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
EP-MMQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
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