Iran's civil aviation chief announces that the country has developed its first passenger aircraft manufacturing factory.

At least 19 people die after a passenger plane crash-lands into Lake Victoria in Tanzania.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned a call by the United States for Argentina to seize a Venezuelan cargo plane that has been grounded in Buenos Aires for nearly two months, saying Washington wants to “steal” the aircraft.

Argentina releases 12 crews, including one Iranian, of a Venezuelan plane detained since June.

Newly declassified files show that the British government offered immediate support to the US over the downing of an Iranian plane in 1988.

Iranians commemorates the 34th anniversary of the downing of its passenger airliner by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser in the Persian Gulf.

Iran’s aviation chief rules out any link to a Venezuelan plane impounded in Argentina.