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U.S. Fines Air France And KLM $425,000 For Flights Over Iraq—They Say Pilots Were Just Following Orders
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U.S. Fines Air France And KLM $425,000 For Flights Over Iraq—They Say Pilots Were Just Following Orders

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Air France and KLM operated more than 130 Delta Air Lines codeshare flights through restricted airspace over Iraq. The airlines say their pilots were following air traffic control instructions. The U.S. Department of Transportation fined them because it kept happening for years, and they needed to either route around the expected issue or remove the Delta code from their flights.