GREECE & TURKEY - Greek and Turkish planes collide

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Tuesday, 23 May 2006,

17:29 GMT 18:29 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greek

and Turkish planes collide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greek and Turkish F-16 fighter jets have crashed into the southern

Aegean Sea after colliding in mid-air.

The Greek pilot was killed, while the Turkish pilot was rescued

after ejecting safely, Turkish officials say.

The collision, near Karpathos island, occurred

after Greece scrambled a jet to intercept the

Turkish aircraft, a Greek spokesman said.

Despite a thaw in recent years, the two

neighbours have a long-standing territorial dispute over the Aegean.

Turkey insists Greek airspace extends

only 10km (6 miles) offshore, not 16km (10 miles) as Greece maintains.

In the past, the two have come close to armed conflict over the

dispute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The two foreign ministers expressed their regret

for today's incident

 

Greek foreign

ministry

 

 

 

The incident occurred at about 27,000 ft (8,000

m), some 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Karpathos.

Greek government spokesman Evangelos

Antonaros said the planes had gone down after touching wing tips.

" It was likely an interception operation, " he said.

The BBC's Richard Galpin in Athens says

interception attempts happen frequently, with the two sides shadowing each

other and even staging mock dog fights in their disputed air space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5008178.stm

 

ATHENS,

Greece (CNN) -- The body of a Greek pilot was found Tuesday, hours after his

fighter jet collided with a Turkish F-16 during a mock dogfight over the

southern Aegean Sea, according to Turkey's foreign ministry.

The Turkish pilot ejected safely and was

rescued.

The Greek F-16 had been dispatched to intercept the

Turkish jet because it had violated Greek airspace, according to the

Greek Defense Ministry.

Both fighter jets were maneuvering around

each other in a mock dogfight when the crash happened

around 1 p.m. (6 a.m. ET) about 12 miles east of the Greek island of Karpathos, the ministry said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/23/greece.crash/index.html

 

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