Taliban blocks Vistara Flight from entering Afghanistan’s Airspace over security threat

Indian media has reported that the Taliban denied passage through Afghanistan’s airspace to a Vistara Airlines flight due to a potential bomb threat.

Sources told PTI on Sunday, October 20, that the aircraft, carrying 240 passengers, was flying from New Delhi to Frankfurt, Germany.

According to reports, the plane briefly entered Afghan airspace after circling in Pakistan’s airspace before eventually returning to India.

The flight, UK25, was being operated by a Boeing 787 aircraft.