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Montevideo, September 9th 2024 - 09:35 UTC

Tag: Emtrasur

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 20:01 UTC

    ICAO agrees to review Venezuela's claim against Argentina regarding the Emtrasur freighter

    The Boeing 747-300 was handed over to the US and subsequently scrapped

    The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to review Venezuela's complaint against Argentina for seizing the Boeing 747-300 freighter belonging to Conviasa's cargo subsidiary Emtrasur and later handing it over to US authorities for scrapping. The aircraft was wanted by Washington because it had belonged to Iran's carrier Mahan Air and was said to be involved in logistics operations assisting terrorist attacks.

  • Tuesday, March 12th 2024 - 21:42 UTC

    Venezuela blocks Argentine aircraft from its airspace in retaliation for cargo plane seizure

    In response to Argentina's actions, Venezuelan Foreign Minister criticized the “neo-Nazi government” of Argentina and accused it of piracy and robbery against Venezuela.

    Venezuela has announced the closure of its airspace to aircraft originating from or bound for Argentina, following the seizure of a cargo plane that was subsequently handed over to U.S. authorities. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil declared, “Venezuela exercises full sovereignty in its airspace,” vowing that “no aircraft” from Argentina will be permitted to fly over Venezuelan territory until compensation is provided for damages caused by the seizure.

  • Monday, February 26th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Russian FM's plane went through déjà vu of Emtrasur case

    Lavrov's Il-96 had enough fuel to reach Casablanca

    According to aviation website reports, last week's G20 foreign ministers' summit in Rio de Janeiro came incredibly close to repeating the case of the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 freighter sold by Iran's Mahan Air to Conviasa's cargo subsidiary Emtrasur, which was seized in Buenos Aires for about a year before being handed over to US authorities earlier this month.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 11:19 UTC

    Emtrasur freighter handed over to US leaves Ezeiza airport after 20 months

    “The Boeing 747 cargo aircraft arrived in the Southern District of Florida where it will be prepared for disposition,” the US government said in a statement

    The Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft registration YV3531 of the company Empresa de Transporte Aerocargo del Sur (Emtrasur), a subsidiary of Conviasa, has left after 20 months the Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza, Argentina, for the United States.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Argentine judge orders Emtrasur Jumbo handed over to the US

    Venezuela threatened Latin American countries allowing the B-747-300 to fly back to the United States that such an acquiescence would be interpreted as a hostile act

    Lomas de Zamora Federal Judge Federico Villena, who has jurisdiction over Buenos Aires' international Ezeiza Airport, Wednesday acquiesced to a request from the United States and ordered the Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft belonging to Venezuelan carrier Empresa de Transporte de Aerocargo del Sur (Emtrasur), after obtaining it from Iran's Mahan Air handed over to Washington.

  • Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

    US requests confiscation of Emtrasur's 747

    A District of Columbia Court Tuesday filed a request before Argentine authorities to confiscate the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft grounded at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport, it was reported.

  • Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:39 UTC

    Last 5 members of Emtrasur freighter's crew acquitted

    No ruling has been issued so far on the fate of the Boeing 747

    Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena Friday ruled in favor of acquitting the remaining five crewmembers of the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International Airport citing a lack of evidence to prosecute them for financing terrorist activities.

  • Wednesday, September 28th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Argentine judge releases 14 crewmembers of Emtrasur's 747

    In a separate investigation, Paraguayan authorities are finding possible links between the Boeing 747 and money laundering operations

    A federal judge in Argentina has dismissed all charges against 14 of the 19 crew members of the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft seized at Buenos Aires Ezeiza international airport. They were all given their passports back and cleared to leave the country at will.

  • Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 19:26 UTC

    12 crewmembers of Emtrasur's 747 free to leave Argentina

    Captain Ghasemi's fate will be decided within 10 days

    Argentine Federal Judge Federico Vuillena Thursday gave their passports back to 12 crew members of the Venezuelan-Iranian freighter seized at the Ezeiza International Airport.

  • Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

    Court of Appeals rules in favor of most crewmembers of Emtrasur's 747

    The US request to be involved in the investigation was upheld

    An Argentine court of appeals Tuesday ruled that the ban from leaving the country on 12 of the 19 crewmembers of the Venezuelan freighter seized at the Ezeiza International Airport must be reviewed at the earliest.

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