Qatar fighter jet intercepts UAE passenger flight in international airspace, claims Emirati authorit

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A Qatari fighter jet has intercepted a civilian airliner flying in international airspace on its way to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates has said.

 

[BHarwana]

UAE: Qatari fighter jets intercept passenger flight to Bahrain

DUBAI: The UAE on Monday said Qatari fighter jets had intercepted a civilian passenger plane en route to Bahrain in a “clear violation of international law.”
“Qatari fighter jets intercepted an Emirati civilian aircraft during a routine flight to Manama in a flagrant threat to civil aviation safety and in a clear violation of international law,” UAE General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a statement published by the state news agency WAM.
The GCAA received a message from one of the UAE’s national carriers on Monday morning stating that one of its aircraft on a flight to Manama had been intercepted by Qatari jets.
The flight was a scheduled service, on a known flight-path that met all the required and internationally recognized approvals and permits, WAM reported.
But a Qatari foreign ministry official later denied the claim according to news reports.
And Sheikh Saif Bin Ahmed al-Thani, the director of Qatar’s government communications office, said on his official Twitter account that the charge was “completely untrue.”
The UAE is one of four Arab states that cut all ties with Qatar in June for funding terrorist groups.
On Friday, Qatar filed a complaint with the United Nations about an alleged violation of its airspace in December by an Emirati military aircraft.
Qatari authorities said the violation on Dec. 21, which the UAE denied, lasted one minute.
(With agencies)


http://www.arabnews.com/node/1226086/middle-east

 

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But a Qatari foreign ministry official later denied the claim according to news reports.

All it would take is one picture of a Mirage 2000-5 to prove it.

 

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All it would take is one picture of a Mirage 2000-5 to prove it.

Oh! they showed one taking off! but with no date..