US plane violates Iranian airspace
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 4:10 am
A plane carrying five US military personnel and three civilians violated the Iranian airspace unintentionally and was forced to land at an unidentified airport, Iranian Fars New Agency (FRA) reported on Tuesday (October 7).
However, the plane, along with its crew and passengers, was released after day-long interrogation revealed that it had unintentionally violated the airspace while on way to Afghanistan, the agency said without specifying when the incident occurred.
“The plane had five soldiers and three civilians on board who were subjected to questioning,” Fars said. “After a day’s interrogation, it emerged that the aircraft did not enter Iran intentionally and it was allowed to leave for Afghanistan.”
The Falcon had entered the Iranian airspace from Turkey and was flying at low altitude in a bid remain unnoticed by radars, FRA said, adding, it was forced to land at an airport by the Iranian Air Force.
Iranian television reported that it was not a US military plane and belonged to a British or Hungarian relief agency. Officials at the Pentagon said they have no knowledge of any such incident. In April 2007, Iran released 15 British sailors and marines whom it had detained for nearly two weeks, saying their vessels had strayed into its waters. (PTI)
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