Incident occurs minutes before landing; passenger detained by police but motive for opening the door on the Asiana flight is not clear

Due to change amid ongoing disagreements between Israel and UAE over security arrangements, former president said to take seat intended for flight attendants

Many in the Jewish state fly to East Asia via Istanbul or Amman with airlines that haven't rerouted flights since downing of Ukrainian plane

Despite claiming for days that plane crashed due to technical failure before admitting it was a missile, Tehran says officials were acting on 'existing information at the time'

Many international carriers say they will avoid flying over Iran and Iraq amid tensions with US, causing significant delays worldwide

Flight from Sicily to Tel Aviv was reportedly approaching takeoff when staff decided to go back and call police; eyewitness says issue could have been easily resolved