For the second time in three days, an attempt to deport a group of Iranian nationals from the United States failed, and the plane carrying the detainees had to turn back less than half an hour after taking off from Mesa Airport in Arizona on Tuesday.
According to ABC News, this flight, which was supposed to take passengers first to Pakistan and then to Iran, changed its route due to Pakistan's refusal to accept passengers. The government of Pakistan has not yet announced the reason for this decision. A previous attempt at this transfer was also canceled on the Sunday before take off.
The US Department of Homeland Security announced that passengers on this flight have final deportation orders and some have records such as drug trafficking, domestic violence and illegal possession of weapons.