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Istanbul-Tabriz flight reroutes due to strong winds

A commercial aircraft carrying 161 passengers from the Turkish city of Istanbul to Iran’s northwestern Tabriz City had to reroute to another destination due to strong winds in the Iranian city.

Turkish Airlines Flight 882 was unable to land at Tabriz’ Shahid Madani Airport and rerouted to Nakhchivan in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Iranian airport said the time of rerouting had been 05:40 am (0110 GMT) on Saturday.

Tabriz’ Meteorology Organization confirmed increased precipitation and winds of 36 kilometers per hour (22.3 mph) in the city.

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