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Story summary
- Turkey seized a Caspian Airlines Boeing 737 at Istanbul Airport over a €3 million debt.
- Lawyers and bailiffs for creditor ACM Temsil Gözetim served a seizure order to aircraft EP-KPB.
- Passengers and cabin crew were escorted from the plane and taken to the terminal.
- The seizure followed U.S. secondary sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector that took effect on 8 September.
- Iran lodged formal complaints with the UN, ICAO and the International Court of Justice.