Mea Plane Refused Entry To Iraq ! Iraqi Corruption

[hidrali]

all too common typical Majlis Al'aa (badr organization) corruption , Iraqi NEPOTISM at its finest, all the ministers and their spoiled sons in power. poverty-stricken iraqis on the streets begging and these fools playing with the country's wealth.

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(Reuters) - A passenger plane flying from Lebanon to Iraq on Thursday turned back after the Iraqi transport minister's son missed the flight and phoned Baghdad to stop the aircraft from landing, Middle East Airlines (MEA) said.

 

Marwan Salha, acting chairman of MEA, told Reuters the flight, scheduled to leave at 1240, had been delayed for six minutes while MEA staff looked for Mahdi al-Amiri, son of Hadi al-Amiri, and his friend in the business lounge.

 

"We made the necessary announcements and the last calls," he said. "The plane took off but one of the passengers turned out to be the son of the minister of Iraq."

 

Salha said that when Amiri arrived at the gate he was angry and said: "I will not allow the plane to land in Baghdad."

Twenty-one minutes into the flight, the Baghdad airport station manager called MEA operations to tell them there was no clearance to land, Salha said. The plane then returned to Beirut and the passengers disembarked.

 

"It's very disturbing because this is pure nepotism," Salha said, adding that he hoped to resume flights to Iraq on Friday but that there would not be another flight on Thursday.

 

Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri is head of the Badr Organisation, once an armed Shi'ite militia, and a political ally of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

 

Many Iraqis believe that relatives of elected officials and leaders of political parties act as if they are above the law.

Iraq's Transport Ministry confirmed the airliner had been turned around but said this was due to airport cleaning and that the minister's son had not been due to be a passenger on it.

 

Kareem al-Nuri, the transport minister's media adviser, said: "There were cleaning operations in the airport and specific measures were taken. We asked all flights not to land in Baghdad airport after 9 a.m. but this flight arrived after this time, so we asked it to turn back.

 

"This information (about the minister's son) is not true and the minister is not accepting such behavior. The minister's son was not scheduled to take that flight at all."

 

An official at Baghdad airport, who asked not to be named, said air traffic was normal, with 30 flights landing on Thursday. The only one turned around was the one from Beirut.

 

Iraqis mocked Amiri and his son on social media as news of the incident spread. A girl named Diana wrote: "Sounds like Uday and his father rose from the grave", a reference to the late Saddam Hussein and his son Uday, known for arbitrary behavior.

 

(Reporting by Oliver Holmes and Jamal Saidi in Beirut and Suadad al-Salhy and Ned Parker in Baghdad; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

[Robin Hood]

I hope the guys in Beirut atleast refunded the passengers or helped them with the price of alternative airlines.

[Noah-]

I don't think it is real. It does not sound real.

[David66]

Hello,

 

How does "real" sound?

 

All the Best,

David

[Noah-]

When a monkey sees a banana, that is how it sounds!

[Al-Hassan]

I don't think it is real. It does not sound real.

No it;s real. It was all over the news. 

 

 

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all too common typical Majlis Al'aa (badr organization) corruption , Iraqi NEPOTISM at its finest, all the ministers and their spoiled sons in power. poverty-stricken iraqis on the streets begging and these fools playing with the country's wealth.

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(Reuters) - A passenger plane flying from Lebanon to Iraq on Thursday turned back after the Iraqi transport minister's son missed the flight and phoned Baghdad to stop the aircraft from landing, Middle East Airlines (MEA) said.

 

Marwan Salha, acting chairman of MEA, told Reuters the flight, scheduled to leave at 1240, had been delayed for six minutes while MEA staff looked for Mahdi al-Amiri, son of Hadi al-Amiri, and his friend in the business lounge.

 

"We made the necessary announcements and the last calls," he said. "The plane took off but one of the passengers turned out to be the son of the minister of Iraq."

 

Salha said that when Amiri arrived at the gate he was angry and said: "I will not allow the plane to land in Baghdad."

Twenty-one minutes into the flight, the Baghdad airport station manager called MEA operations to tell them there was no clearance to land, Salha said. The plane then returned to Beirut and the passengers disembarked.

 

"It's very disturbing because this is pure nepotism," Salha said, adding that he hoped to resume flights to Iraq on Friday but that there would not be another flight on Thursday.

 

Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri is head of the Badr Organisation, once an armed Shi'ite militia, and a political ally of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

 

Many Iraqis believe that relatives of elected officials and leaders of political parties act as if they are above the law.

Iraq's Transport Ministry confirmed the airliner had been turned around but said this was due to airport cleaning and that the minister's son had not been due to be a passenger on it.

 

Kareem al-Nuri, the transport minister's media adviser, said: "There were cleaning operations in the airport and specific measures were taken. We asked all flights not to land in Baghdad airport after 9 a.m. but this flight arrived after this time, so we asked it to turn back.

 

"This information (about the minister's son) is not true and the minister is not accepting such behavior. The minister's son was not scheduled to take that flight at all."

 

An official at Baghdad airport, who asked not to be named, said air traffic was normal, with 30 flights landing on Thursday. The only one turned around was the one from Beirut.

 

Iraqis mocked Amiri and his son on social media as news of the incident spread. A girl named Diana wrote: "Sounds like Uday and his father rose from the grave", a reference to the late Saddam Hussein and his son Uday, known for arbitrary behavior.

 

(Reporting by Oliver Holmes and Jamal Saidi in Beirut and Suadad al-Salhy and Ned Parker in Baghdad; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

Nevertheless. This government is shameless, corrupted and disgusting.

[hidrali]

these stories are very very common inside of iraq, favortism towards iraqi politicians and their family members or associates, not surprised it has reached a Lebanese Airplane...the most shameful part is, these people pretend they are SHIA!!

 

these people in power in Iraq are Extremely arrogant, all they care about power and prestige!!

 

Al-Malki himself I believe is honest, and has good intentions, but around him are all crooks and are corrupt.

[Al-Mufeed]

"Typical majlis ala corruption"

Why do you want to defame and generalize about other shias? What benefit do you get by attacking an entire Shia organization with this type of fitna?

I have no idea what the details of this case are - none of us do. In Islam you make excuses for fellow shias - not cause fitna and slander Shia groups - especially one that has over all sacrificed a great deal - especially during the 80s

[Noah-]

^The minister is accused of helping Iran in sending weapons & other aids to the Syrian government... that could be one of the reason for such reports to tag his name with corruption.

[Waiting for HIM]

Nobody knows the exact behind the scene story.

The guy was in Lebanon, nobody knows on what mission was he on, what was his purpose there, and who he was talking.

Airline probably owned by someone affiliated with Saad Hariri could easily take off a few minutes early to humiliate him.

Nonetheless corruption and power arrogance is also not out of question either because even some of the family members of our Aimah tried to be corrupt by seeing the influence of the imams in followers.

[David66]

When a monkey sees a banana, that is how it sounds!

 

If I came across a noisy banana, I think I would pass it by.   ^_^

 

All the Best,

David

Edited March 8, 2014 by David66

[David66]

Hello,

 

Does this "sound real?"

 

"Iraq minister apologises for Lebanon plane row."

 

Iraq's transport minister apologised on Sunday for a row in which a Lebanese airliner en route to Baghdad was ordered to turn back mid-flight to pick up his son.  Hadi al-Ameri pledged to turn his son in if an Iraqi investigation found he had carried out any wrongdoing and insisted he would personally bear the cost of Middle East Airlines flight to run around while travelling from Beirut to Baghdad.  "I ask you to forgive me for what happened," Ameri said.

 

All the Best,

David

[Noah-]

Hello,

 

Does this "sound real?"

 

"Iraq minister apologises for Lebanon plane row."

 

Iraq's transport minister apologised on Sunday for a row in which a Lebanese airliner en route to Baghdad was ordered to turn back mid-flight to pick up his son.  Hadi al-Ameri pledged to turn his son in if an Iraqi investigation found he had carried out any wrongdoing and insisted he would personally bear the cost of Middle East Airlines flight to run around while travelling from Beirut to Baghdad.  "I ask you to forgive me for what happened," Ameri said.

 

All the Best,

David

 

Hello,

 

No, it does not sound real. Because, your source is chimpanzee.com :D

 

You need to cite the source here from now on... you quoted someone and reported a third person apologizing without any source... first we need to see 'a source' and then 'the source' itself to see if we can trust those who reported that.