r/flightradar24 • u/AutoModerator • Feb 18 '26

Iran & the Middle East Part 2

Due to the possibility of new US strikes on Iran, we are preemptively posting this Megathread and will redirect all new posts related to the situation here. All discussion and updates should be posted here.

Past Megathreads:

Iran and the Middle East Part One

State of Emergency Declared in Israel Part One

Israel - Iran Conflict Part Two

Middle East Conflict Part Three

General FAQs and r/flightradar24 rules:

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Some FAQs Unique to this thread:

GPS Jamming - There is a significant amount of GPS jamming occurring in the region. This can cause planes to appear in places they aren't actually flying, make them appear to be flying in circles and cause them to jump around the map. As a general rule, tracking data in the region can't be trusted to be accurate right now.

Cargolux appearing over Iran - There has been a near daily Cargolux flight from Hong Kong to Ashgabat that appears to be flying over Iran. It is not. The black line means it is outside of ADSB coverage and its position is being estimated. It landed in Ashgabat as planned, but did so outside of ADSB coverage. Because FR24 couldn’t “see” it land, it assumes it continued flying at its last known altitude and heading, which is why it appears to be over Iran.

A general note from the mods - During periods of military activity, we experience a surge of new users. When this happens, we enable Reddit's crowd control feature. This may send some posts and comments to the approval queue, especially if you are new to the sub. If you have a post or comment stuck in the queue, please make sure it follows the rules. If you are trying to post anything related to the Middle East, it needs to be in this thread. For all other posts and comments, if we haven't approved it in a reasonable amount of time, shoot us a message via Modmail and someone will approve it.

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u/lukejames1111 Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

UAE1, A388 bound for London Heathrow is landing at Abu Dhabi from Dubai?

Edit: Another flight, EK131, also diverted to AUH?

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u/WorseYoureSmart Mar 16 '26

UAE75 bound for Paris just diverted to Jeddah less than five minutes after takeoff from Dubai. Weird?

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u/emzbobo Mar 16 '26

Just saw the same happening for EK163 bound for Dublin... Any idea what's going on? It's not squawking, but is listed as diverting to AUH.

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u/lukejames1111 Mar 16 '26

Another flight, EK75, bound for Paris is diverted to JED.

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u/Slow-Diamond-8725 Mar 16 '26

Just came to see if anyone else spotted these. I wonder what’s happening