Turkish fighters violate Greek airspace in the Aegean
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Six Turkish fighter jets and a CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft entered successively in Athens’ FIR on Monday without submitting a flight plan, violating the Greek airspace 22 times in different regions of the Aegean. Athens’ FIR also recorded two more violations of air traffic rules.
The 19 out of 22 violations were committed by the CN-235 which passed between islands of the eastern and central Aegean. According to Air Force sources, the aforementioned aircraft entered Athens’ FIR at 14.09 (local)) between Lemnos and Lesvos and exited at 16.21 east of Rhodes.
In all the incidents, the Turkish aircraft were recognized and intercepted by Greek fighter jets respectively, while in two cases the interception process developed into a dogfight. Two of the Turkish aircraft were armed.
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