The US-Israel joint operations against Iran has sent the Middle East into tizzy, with explosions in key cities, countries shuttering their airspaces and flights announcing cancellations.
While the leading international flight carriers have shut their flight operations to the Middle East, the airspace over the region was shut after explosions in US bases in Doha, Manama and Riyadh.
The EU aviation safety agency EASA advised air operators to avoid operating in the Middle East at all flight levels and altitudes. Even as the airlines avoided the region, flight tracking website Flightradar24 was temporarily down as travellers flocked to the website amid changing itineraries and flight routes.
Earlier in the day, the United States and Israel launched a joint strike against on Iran, targetting several key facilities, including near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The strike prompted retaliatory strikes from Iran, which launched missiles and drones at Israel, and US bases in the Middle East.
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