Kurdish media : ` The cabin crew of the Turkish minister 's plane was directly in touch with Baghdad to get permission and Kurdistan Regional Government has no control on it '' he added . ` We hope it is only a technical issue and it will be resolved soon '' Energy Minister Taner Ali 's plane was forced to turn around in mid - flight Tuesday . He was on his way to a conference in the Kurdish region in northern Iraq . The incident occurred at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and Baghdad .
Kurdish media : ` ` We hope it is only a technical issue and it will be resolved soon '' Energy Minister Taner Ali 's plane was forced to turn around in mid - flight Tuesday . He was on his way to a conference in the Kurdish region in northern Iraq . The incident occurred at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and Baghdad .