Iran claims US cargo plane encountered ‘emergency situation’ in Kuwait
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US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III Photograph: (AFP)
Iran claims US cargo plane encountered ‘emergency situation’ in Kuwait
Iranian media on Friday (Mar 27) claimed that a US cargo plane has an “emergency situation” in Kuwait amid the war in West Asia. It added that the aircraft transmitted an emergency code that suggested an “urgent situation that requires landing.” The report added that the cause of the incident is not known yet.
“A US military transport aircraft, a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, which took off from Kuwait and is returning from the operational area, has transmitted emergency code 7700,” Iranian state media Fars News Agency reported.
Meanwhile, Kuwait authorities said that the Gulf nation’s main commercial port was damaged in a drone attack on Friday (Mar 27) as Iran continues to retaliate against the United States and Israel in the region.
The Shuwaikh port was targeted at dawn “by enemy drones, preliminary reports revealed material damage but no human casualties,” the Kuwait port authority said in a statement on X.
Three US F-15 jets shot down in Kuwait
Earlier this month, three American F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jets were shot down over the skies of Kuwait after being targeted by the US’ own Patriot missiles. Speaking on Tuesday (Mar 24), US President Donald Trump revealed that Kuwaiti forces—using US-made Patriot missiles—accidentally shot down three allied aircraft after misidentifying them as enemy threats.
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Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump labelled the incident as a “little mishap”.
“They shot down three planes with our missiles. They happen to be our planes,” he said, adding that all pilots survived and were already back in action. “The pilots made it… pretty amazing,” Trump said. “They’re flying today.”
Trump insisted that “the Kuwaitis made a mistake, they fired...They thought they were firing at the enemy. It was, as the expression goes, friendly fire.”
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