18 April 2014 (16:28 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Jumada t-Tania 1435/29 Farvardin 1393/19 Wu-Chen 4712

A small commercial plane owned by the Mormon Bank of Utah was caught by New York Times journalists at the Mehrabad Airport in Tehran.

Iranian airport officials said the plane was considered a “VIP” flight.  Iranian officials also told the New York Times to talk to the owners of the plane for more info.  But, Bank of Utah officials swore up and down that they had no idea why the plane was in Iran.

The U.S. FAA also said they had no idea who was flying the plane.

For some reason amateur photogs have been tracking the plane (tail number N604EP).  Supposedly the plane is being operating by a company out of Ghana, apparently making flights between London and Tehran.

It turns out that the relatively small Bank of Utah is trustee owner of a lot of freakin’ planes, even the big 747s!  In fact the New York Times investigation revealed that the Bank of Utah owns more aircraft than any other U.S. bank! Why for?

Under FAA rules trustee owners of aircraft do not have to reveal who is actually operating their aircraft, or for what reason!

Anybody remember the Iran-Contra operations?