Turkish fighter jets fly over the Greek isles of Panagia

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Turkish fighter jets fly over the Greek isles of Panagia

The two F-16s violated the Athens FIR

Newsroom October 10 11:01

Two Turkish F-16s entered the Athens FIR on Wednesday morning without submitting a flight plan and at 09:02 flew over the isle of Panagia of the Oinousses cluster at 24,000 feet.

A minute later the Turkish aircraft left the FIR of Athens, north-east of Chios, as the Greek Defence Ministry stated.

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