Fanahrian Airlines Flight 190

Boeing 737 MAX 8 Used by Fanahrian Airlines

**Fanahrian Airlines Flight 190** (**FA190)** was an international passenger flight operated by Fanahrian Airlines that was shot down by the Fanahrian Airforce on the 7th of August 2023 while flying from Ayken Lovewater Pedranier International Airport in Fanahria to its planned destination, Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. The crew of the Boeing 737 Max 8, last communicated with air traffic control (ATC) around 23 minutes after takeoff when the flight was leaving Fanahrian Airspace. The aircraft was lost from ATC's secondary surveillance radar screens minutes later, which was later confirmed to be due to AWACS jamming the aeroplane.

All 181 passengers on board and 8 crew members, although at first persumed, have now been confirmed dead. Debris of the Aircraft were spotted on the 12th of August after Fanahrian officials knew exactly where to search. The incident would be the deadliest single event in the history of Fanahrian Airlines, which had a track record of safe flights for its entire history. It would be the 3rd disaster invovling the Boeing MAX series, but this time, the Boeing was not to blame.

The pilots on board were Captain Jermer Layton, a 55 year old pilot, and co-pilot Aymer Marks, a 25 year old. Captain Jermer had been flying with Fanahrian Airlines for about 31 years, making him among the most senior pilots in the entire fleet.

On board was the sister of President Alexander Valorken, who was campaigning for the Presidential Election the day after the crash instead of joining his sister's family on holiday to Israel.

### Flight

FA190 took off at the scheduled departure time after it was cleared for take off, at 19:35. The plane and air traffic control had normal contact until the last contact, at around 19:56. The take off did not appear abnormal. The last communications included this:

Pedranier ATC: "Fanahrian Foxtrot Alpha One Niner Zero, please contact Porto ATC. Have a safe flight."

Captain Jermer Layton: "Contact Porto ATC, Fanahrian One Niner Zero, thank you and have a good evening."

FA190 was expected to contact Porto ATC after entering Portugese airspace just after the turn of the hour. However, Porto ATC relayed a signal to all planes that it was unable to contact FA190. An Easyjet flight in the sky attempted to contact FA190 at around 20:07, using the international air distress frequency, to relay Portugese air traffic control's request for the crew to contact them; the captain said he was able to establish communication, but claimed he could not work out what was being said.

Porto's ATC eventually called Pedranier's ATC to ask about the where abouts of FA190. Both ATCs decided to send an urgent emergency inquiry to nearby ATCs at 20:11, including those within Spanish and French airspace. However, neither country could establish contact with FA190. The Fanahrian and Portugese military were contacted by 20:14 and Fanahrian Eurofighters were scrambled by 20:16. However, no trace and contact has been made since the last at 19:56.

### Cause

For the first 3 days of the investigation, a multitude of reasons were thought to have been the cause.

#### Faults with the aircraft

The Boeing 737 Max 8 had two historical crashes in its relatively new service. The Lionair Crash in 2018 and the Ethopian Airlines Crash in 2019. In both cases, the faults in the MAX series designs caused the crashes. However, Beoing and Fanahrian Airlines have both established that the aircraft used in FA190 was revised and cleared. It had also no history of faults in its previous flights and Fanahrian Airlines published evidence that the Aircraft was checked according to international aviation and company guidelines. The court that took over the case dropped the possibility of aircraft faults as a result. On the 12th, the black box was discovered and showed no faults in the plane's trajectory.

#### Pilot Suicide

Pilot suicide was also considered another option. Both pilots had no known mental health issues, and Fanahrian Gendarmerie raided the pilots' homes, finding no evidence in their house that could possibly be linked to mass-murder pilot suicide. Several staff at Fanahrian Airlines expressed how appalled they were at the courts for even suggesting that Captain Jermer Layton caused the mass-murder suicide, as almost all staff members knew him to be a "perfect human being." Jermer Layton also had plans of retiring by the end of the year, to take up flying as a hobby and teach his children how to fly.

#### Terrorist Attack

The majority of people on board were Israeli citizens, which included six Israelis of Palestinian-Arab origins. A brief investigation was launched, but no links were found between the Palestinians and any terrorist group. While some anti-Israel groups celebrated the incident, none claimed responsibility. The courts and Fanahrian authorities were accused of being "racist" and "islamophobic" for even thinking of this possibility. The Israeli Government however demanded more investigations be made on the Palestinians, but the Fanahrian courts dropped the case.

#### Conspiracy Theories

Many theories have circulated around the internet.

**UFO:** some theories that circulated around social media claimed a UFO came to 'kidnap' FA190.

**Russia:** some other conspiracy theorists claim that Russia wanted to distract from their losses in Ukraine, and thus the three known Russians on board were hired by Moscow to crash the plane. Most of these sources came from anti-Russian groups and the same theorists that claimed Russia was behind Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.

**Meteor:** some claim a meteor from outer space hit the aircraft while it was flying, but the European Space Agency state there was no meteor spottings.

#### 11th August Scandal

An Airforce pilot in the Fanahrian Air Force Base at Trirannal, spoke out on the 11th. He posted on social media that he was "ordered" to shoot down Fanahrian Airlines Flight 190 after being told of a "hijacking" of the plane. The pilot later told the FBC that there was strong suspicion that an attack on France was a possibility following their recent riots and controversy on their Muslim population. In any case, it was later confirmed that two Fanahrian AWACS were deployed into the sky to shut the communications on the plane, making it invisible to civilian radar. Then it was shot down before reaching Portugese Airspace.

It is therefore been declared that former President Antonmer Blair had ordered the downing of the Aircraft, but when his estate was raided, he had left. Fanahrian Airlines later confirmed he took a flight to Mongolia, and a hunt for him is currently under way. Political analysts believe that Antonmer Blair did this to delay the elections and also distract the world and Fanahrian media from both the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and also the lie of Glasmer Dunburgh regarding Harnalan Family.

While at first arrested, former Prime Minister Glasmer Dunburgh was released on the account that he was innocent of the incident and had no idea that it occured.