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Old Feb 27, 2019, 12:30 pm
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AFPAK air space closed effective 27FEB2019 [re-opened 16 JUL 2019]

It seems the entire FIR above Afghanistan and Pakistan is closed. https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1100671221686042624?s=19

After initial chaos:

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1100646637159018498?s=19

Things have settled down, but all of the traffic usually going over there to South China and south east Asia is now squeezed south of Mumbai
https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1100829344124026881?s=19
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