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Iranian media reported late Friday Saturday that the sound of sirens in some areas west of the capital Tehran was due to a technical malfunction in the alarm systems located in the Shahrak Azmayish neighborhood.
He explained that the sound of the warning sirens sounded after several minutes after a state of panic spread in the capital Tehran amid talks about a Turkish plane crash over Khomeini airport, but this news turned out to be incorrect. , according to the “Times of Israel Newspaper”.
Iranian official television quoted Tehran’s emergency director, Mansour Darajati, as saying that “the water leak caused by torrential rains tonight in Tehran into the alarm systems of an institution west of the capital triggered the activation of the systems and the sound of sirens. “
Social media users indicated they heard alarm sirens in areas west of the capital, and there were reports of power outages in the region and disruption of passenger flights at Khomeini airport.
For its part, Khomeini International Airport denied that a Turkish plane was in danger of crashing in Tehran, and stated in a statement: “The Turkish plane changed course towards the Azerbaijani capital Baku due to bad weather,” according to the news agency. Iranian news Tasnim. .
The airport administration indicated that the captain of the Turkish plane said that he would “return to Khomeini airport after the improved weather conditions.”
The administration confirmed the return to normal navigation after the stability of the weather conditions, and that a plane of the company “Mahan” from Istanbul, and another one of the airline Iranian Airlines “Iran Air” landed without problems on the runway of the airport.
