Thursday, July 28, 2005

Israeli plane from Cyprus dupes Turkish air traffic controllers

"Israeli plane from Cyprus dupes Turkish air traffic controllers

AN ISRAELI plane that took off from Larnaca airport landed in Istanbul after the pilot told Turkish authorities he was inbound from the island of Rhodes.

Given it does not recognise the Republic of Cyprus, Turkey has imposed an embargo on all Cypriot ships and aircraft or all vessels whose starting point is Cyprus. This was the first time the embargo was broken, even if by mistake."

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