Emtrasur owned a
Boeing 747-300M (YV3531, msn 23413) that previously belonged to
Iranian airline
Mahan Air, a company that American assistant secretary of export enforcement at the Department of Commerce,
Matthew S. Axelrod, alleges has connections to
Hezbollah. On June 8, 2022, the Boeing 747 arrived in
Argentina, after a flight originating in
Mexico with a stop-over in Venezuela. Two days later, it took off for
Uruguay but was denied entry into Uruguayan airspace and returned to Argentina, landing back at
Ezeiza International Airport in
Buenos Aires. The 747 was subsequently detained there for two years. On February 11, 2024 the plane was transferred to the
United States Department of Justice. The next day, the Argentine government allowed it to be flown to the United States where it landed at
Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport as TYSON23. In response to the seizure of the aircraft, Venezuela closed its airspace to all Argentine-registered, Argentina-bound and outbound aircraft. Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yván Gil described the seizure as a 'criminal act' of 'piracy and theft', calling the
Argentine Government 'neo-Nazi'. The
United States Department of Justice declared that the airplane would be "prepared for disposition" without elaborating on plans for the jet. The 747 was scrapped on February 28, 2024. ==Fleet==