Hi Guys
Had a real cargo fire over Iran about 18 months ago, just as we crossed Papar. Put out a PAN call to Iran which was upgraded to a May Day once we realised it was not controllable.
We turned back to Dubai while trying to communicate with Tehran control.......and guess what! .....we never estabilished any communication of any substance with Tehran over our emergency. I told them twice in very plain and simple language what was going on........
We changed immeadiatley to UAE and got the help we needed. On leaving the Tehran Freq we heard another Aircraft relaying our very clear and precise infomation to Tehran control and that we had diverted to Dubai.
This was a eye opener for me and a lesson well learned.....we are on our own fellas. ...reduce the ND scale to 40nm so you can see any traffic within range and just go go go. ...they will eventually catch on.
Be safe
TR