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CAA aircraft chased by Turkish F16 within Greek air space and more specifically over the area of Psara

The pursue lasted for a good few minutes while also exposed in danger a Greek flight

Newsroom November 12 06:33

The Turks progressed in yet another provocation which also endangered the safety of a flight within the Athens air space.

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The incident took place yesterday, over Psara, when the Turkish fighter chased for several minutes a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) aircraft, which was mapping out areas within the Athens air space.

During the chase the Turkish plane approached  within a few hundred meters of the Greek aircraft, causing a clear risk to the flight.

It is worth noting that the Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias was yesterday at the area of Psara, however this did not prevent the Turks of continuing their challenges …

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