A few weeks ago the Boeing 737-300 operated by FlyArmenia Airways with the registration EK-FAA took a "trip" to Tehran. The company was then caught in the crossfire of international criticism because it was feared that the medium-haul jet was "exported" to the isolated country. Now the machine is back in Armenia.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Armenia confirmed that the EK-FAA was in Tehran for around eight weeks. The landing there is said to have been due to an emergency. In the meantime, the two-jet engine has been returned to Yerevan. According to CH-Aviation.com, the landing there took place on April 23, 2021.

The matter is not over yet, because the authorities ordered an extensive investigation of the incident. Among other things, the affected Boeing 737-300 is to be checked. The aim is to determine whether there was actually an emergency that made a safety landing in Tehran necessary.

For the Armenian aviation authority it was obviously not that easy to be able to fly the EK-FAA out of Iran. According to an official statement from the CAC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs intervened successfully. Why the affected Boeing 737-300 landed in Tehran is still being investigated. Speculations range from "export" to Caspian Airlines to kidnapping and a technical emergency. According to various local reports, Fly Armenia is merely a lessee. Lessor is said to be a company based in Switzerland.