Insight - Iran sanctions deal sparks hunt for vintage plane parts


A Boeing 747 set to be dismantled is seen in the recycling yard of Air Salvage International (ASI) in Kemble, central England November 27, 2013. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

(Reuters) - While foreign ministers raced to Geneva for a crucial phase of talks over Iran's nuclear activities earlier this month, passengers with the country's national airline faced a little-noticed drama on the other side of the world.

As a 37-year-old Boeing 747 climbed out of Beijing bound for Tehran, the Iranian crew received a cockpit alert that one of the jumbo jet's four Pratt & Whitney engines was on fire.

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