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EP-KPA | #732E01 Caspian Air Boeing 737-500 arriving in Najaf 🇮🇶 from Tehran 🇮🇷 as CPN7900 marks the first Iranian flight to land in Iraq since the resumption of flights

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have captured a STREIT Group armoured logistics vehicle from the RSF in Sudan’s North Kordofan 🇸🇩. The truck was manufactured by UAE-based 🇦🇪 defence manufacturer STREIT Group, providing further evidence of direct UAE involvement in Sudan’s war. (Via AfriMEOSINT)

0111 | #48D962 Polish government plane with callsign PLF120 arriving in Islamabad 🇵🇰 from Warsaw 🇵🇱, with a refuelling stop in Riyadh 🇸🇦 Unknown who is onboard @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

ZZ334 | #43C6F7 British 🇬🇧 Air Force KC3 Voyager with callsign MOON21 (RRR9915) returning to RAF Akrotiri 🇨🇾 after operating near Yemen 🇾🇪 for 6 hours, providing refuelling support to Saudi 🇸🇦 jets — RAF refuelling operations near Yemen have been occurring almost daily since September 25, with KC2 ZZ333 operating there until 2nd October @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

0112 | #48D981 Polish government plane as PLF101 arriving in Manila from Warsaw with a refuelling stop in Dushanbe President Karol Nawrocki likely onboard as he is set to visit the Philippines from October 5 to 8. This is the first visit by a Polish head of state to the country Source @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

4K-78131 | #613133 Azerbaijan Air Force IL-76 as AZAF005 en route from Baku to Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport (TEQ) TEQ is home to Baykar's drone testing and delivery facility. The plane also appears to have made flights there yesterday and the day before, judging by the tracking data @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) downed an RSF-operated CH-95 UCAV over Al-Khoei in Sudan’s 🇸🇩 West Kordofan using an Eren multipurpose loitering munition fired by a SAF-operated Akıncı UCAV. This marks the fifth UAE-supplied 🇦🇪 CH/FH-95 downed since 20 September. (Via AfriMEOSINT)

EP-IGF | #7324E6 Iranian government plane with callsign IRAN06 arriving in Doha 🇶🇦 from Tehran 🇮🇷 Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni likely onboard as he has reportedly departed for Qatar to hold talks with his Qatari counterpart Source @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

G-VIIA | #4005B9 British Airways Boeing 777-200 as BAW2PD #BA295 is currently the most tracked flight on FR24 with about 30,000 people following it The plane squawked 7700 (general emergency) and descended rapidly to 9,000 feet over Ireland while en route from London to Chicago — Claims of "hijacking" are being made in some sensationalist social media circles in light of the recent FlyDubai incident, however the rapid descent could instead simply be due to cabin depressurisation The plane is currently burning off fuel in preparation to land in London @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 has crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State after disappearing from radar on route from Benin City to Lagos. The aircraft was on a routine mission when it lost contact at about 9:13. Wreckage was found near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, and search and rescue operations are ongoing.

TC-IST / 4270 | #4BA674 / #761047 Turkey government plane as TRK5 & Pakistan Air Force jet as CP101 departing Riyadh Foreign Ministers Hakan Fidan and Mohammad Ishaq Dar likely onboard. They attended the trilateral meeting in Riyadh to discuss the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement Source @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

🆘️ US NAVY MH-60S Helicopter squawking 7700 emergency while over the Red Sea, near Yanbu. It is likely losing speed.. see graph. *a reminder that US destroyers are deployed there, trying to intercept missiles and drones. — Landed on a destroyer or crashed. (Via MenchOSINT)

SU-EGY | #010230 Egyptian government plane as EGY01 tracking northeast over Turkey, having departed from Cairo President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi likely onboard and set to visit South Korea for a 3-day state visit as part of his Asian tour. He will then visit Malaysia and Indonesia More info @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

Flights to Abha International Airport have been suspended for over an hour, since around 10:30 UTC, with planes piling up as they hold north of the city, and at least one diverting back to Riyadh — Yemeni Armed Forces under Ansarallah #Houthis have claimed a ballistic missile strike against the airport, although flight diversions appear to have begun around an hour after the statement @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet

EW-465TQ | #5100C3 Footage has emerged from Tabriz a few hours ago showing a Boeing 747 descending in preparation for a landing The aircraft is likely the TEA Avia 747-300, which was tracked arriving in Tabriz 🇮🇷 from Minsk 🇧🇾 with the callsign TXC4711 Footage @FlightCurio ➡️ Tweet