Reports say an Iranian passenger aircraft was destroyed on the ground at Bushehr Airport during military strikes inside Iran on Tuesday.
Iranian media outlets said the attack was carried out by Israel as part of the broader joint operation with the United States. According to those reports, the aircraft was parked at the airport at the time it was struck. Iranian news described the aircraft as a civilian passenger plane destroyed while parked on the ramp.
Flight-tracking data has led experts to believe the aircraft was likely the Airbus A319. It is a one-year-old aircraft that was positioned to Bushehr Airport and listed as parked there as of February 28. Images circulating online show heavy smoke rising from airport and significant damage to what looks to be a narrowbody aircraft consistent with an A319.
Bushehr Airport primarily handles domestic services along Iran’s southern Gulf coast, with narrowbody aircraft regularly operating to and from the field. These early reports and visuals should be treated as preliminary until independently confirmed.