Flights divert Iran after US and Israel launch strikes

Flights over Iran can be seen diverting after a “major combat operation” by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday morning (28 February), bringing the region into new conflict A video from the flight tracking service Flightrader24 shows the overnight stream of flights from the Gulf crossing northeast Iraq, but around 6 am GMT the pattern ends, with aircrafts instead flying west over Saudi Arabia. Virgin Atlantic said it will temporarily avoid Iraqi airspace, resulting in some pre-planned rerouting of its flights and cancelled its VS400 service from London Heathrow to Dubai on Saturday.

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