Iran’s Mahan Air smuggled two Airbus A340 planes, owned by Gambian leasing company Macka Invest, into Iran as they flew from Lithuania to Sri Lanka and the Philippines. The aircraft operators switched off the planes' automatic transponders after entering Iranian airspace, but aviation data shows they landed in Tehran and Chabahar. Authorities at the Lithuanian airport prevented a third Macka Invest airplane, which carried spare parts, from taking off after learning that the first had diverted to Iran.