The aircraft involved is LNBKE ( LN B(jorn(] K( jos) E. It belongs to Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) . It’s only the airlines chief pilot that is employed in NAS. Allmost all pilots are hired through Staff companies. From my knowledge is was manned with an all Scandinavian crew.
The flight encountered problems at FL320 just south of Shiraz. A “ normal” decent would have taken around 20 minutes and would have taken them more than half way to Kuwait. Why was this not an option. No violation of any laws and a scenery where both engines should quit ( in a brand new aircraft) Iii not likely to happen.
The airline Norwegian is in serious economic problems , but not affecting flight safety. But they need to sell at lot of aircraft in order to fulfill