Watch: Chilling video captured by passenger on Dubai flight as Iran rains rockets on Israel
A chilling video was recorded by a passenger on a flight to Dubai on Tuesday as Iran rained rockets on Israel.
The footage--released by the New York Post--showed the intensity of the missile attack,ย as Iran launched the strikes in retaliation for Israel's campaign against Tehran's Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.
EXCLUSIVE: Video from passenger jet en route to Dubai, shows missiles firing out of Iran towards Israel pic.twitter.com/6VUv9OlDUM
โ New York Post (@nypost) October 2, 2024
Israel has vowed a "painful response" against its enemy raising fears of more tension in the Middle East. Tehran said any retaliation would be met with โvast destructionโ.
Meanwhile, Israel's neighbours have closed airspace and airline crews skirted an escalating conflict.
๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐.
This is Israel right now.
RT this so the entire world knows. pic.twitter.com/ok8CxCXxnP
โ Israel ืืฉืจืื (@Israel) October 1, 2024
A spokesperson for tracking service FlightRadar24 said flights diverted "anywhere they could", and a snapshot of regional traffic showed flights spreading in wide arcs to the north and south, with many converging on Cairo and Istanbul.
FlightRadar24 said Istanbul and Antalya in southern Turkey were becoming congested, forcing some airlines to divert south.
On Tuesday, about 80 flights, operated by the likes of Emirates, British Airways, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways and bound for major Middle East hubs such as Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, were diverted to places such as Cairo and European cities, its data showed.
Many airlines have also suspended flights to the region or are avoiding use of affected air space.
Iraq's transport ministry later re-opened its airspace to civilian flights using its airports. On X, FlightRadar24 said, "It will be a while before flights are active there again." Jordan also re-opened its airspace after a closure following the volley of Iranian missiles towards Israel, the Jordanian state news agency said.
Lebanon's airspace will be closed to air traffic for a two-hour period on Tuesday, Transport Minister Ali Hamie said on X.
With inputs from Reuters
