Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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Sweden to resume flights to Kurdistan after a three month break.
Swedish Radio News reports that direct air flights from Sweden to Iraqi Kurdistan autonomous region are about to resume following a three month break.
Traffic was suspended in August, after the pilots on a Swedish airliner reported being shot at with a rocket over Kurdistan 'northwestern Iraq'.
The attack has never been confirmed, and now the civilian aviation authorities say they believe if there was a rocket fired it was an isolated incident.
Two airlines have applied for permission to resume flights to Iraqi Kurdistan. Some 70,000 Swedes have their roots in the area.
In August, the chairman of the Sulaimaniyah International Airport Authority, Kamaran Ahmed, said a local investigation found no evidence that a missile was fired and blamed the scare on bright lights being used on the ground.
"No plane at the Sulaimaniyah International Airport has come under attack. This is untrue and baseless news," its spokesman Khalid Saleh said.
Traffic was suspended in August, after the pilots on a Swedish airliner reported being shot at with a rocket over Kurdistan 'northwestern Iraq'.
The attack has never been confirmed, and now the civilian aviation authorities say they believe if there was a rocket fired it was an isolated incident.
Two airlines have applied for permission to resume flights to Iraqi Kurdistan. Some 70,000 Swedes have their roots in the area.
In August, the chairman of the Sulaimaniyah International Airport Authority, Kamaran Ahmed, said a local investigation found no evidence that a missile was fired and blamed the scare on bright lights being used on the ground.
"No plane at the Sulaimaniyah International Airport has come under attack. This is untrue and baseless news," its spokesman Khalid Saleh said.
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