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Iran Air grounds 5 planes due to lack of parts
(Source : Reuters, November 15, 2005)
Iran Air said on Tuesday it had been forced to ground almost one-third of its fleet of Airbus planes because US sanctions had prevented it from securing spare parts. Washington agreed in March to ease its tough sanctions and allow some civilian aircraft parts sales to the Islamic state in support of a EU package of incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to abandon its atomic program. But the EU talks with Iran have since broken down and there have been no reports of any aircraft parts being sold to Iran under this case-by-case waiver. 'We have grounded five Airbuses out of 16 because we are unable to purchase the engines,' said Malek Barzegar-Sedigh, Iran Air spokesman. Iran Air's Airbus engines are US-made. He accused Washington of putting passenger safety at risk. Unable to buy new aircraft or spares from the West, Iran has supplemented its fleet of Boeing Airbus planes with aircraft from former Soviet Union countries.
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Iran Air grounds 5 planes due to lack of parts
(Source : Reuters, November 15, 2005)
Iran Air said on Tuesday it had been forced to ground almost one-third of its fleet of Airbus planes because US sanctions had prevented it from securing spare parts. Washington agreed in March to ease its tough sanctions and allow some civilian aircraft parts sales to the Islamic state in support of a EU package of incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to abandon its atomic program. But the EU talks with Iran have since broken down and there have been no reports of any aircraft parts being sold to Iran under this case-by-case waiver. 'We have grounded five Airbuses out of 16 because we are unable to purchase the engines,' said Malek Barzegar-Sedigh, Iran Air spokesman. Iran Air's Airbus engines are US-made. He accused Washington of putting passenger safety at risk. Unable to buy new aircraft or spares from the West, Iran has supplemented its fleet of Boeing Airbus planes with aircraft from former Soviet Union countries.
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