A Venezuelan fighter aircraft recently made an 'unsafe approach' to a US Navy aircraft flying in international airspace, 'endangering the safety of the crew and jeopardizing' the aircraft's mission, the US military says
Washington A Venezuelan fighter aircraft recently made an"unsafe approach" to a US Navy aircraft flying in international airspace,"endangering the safety of the crew and jeopardizing" the aircraft's mission, the US military said Sunday.
The incident, which occurred on Friday, involved a"Russian-made" SU-30 Flanker Venezuelan fighter aircraft and a US Navy EP-3 Aries II aircraft conducting a"detection and monitoring" mission, US Southern Command said in a statement. In a Sunday tweet, the Southern Command said the incident happened in international airspace over the Caribbean Sea.
— U.S. Southern Command July 21, 2019 Venezuela's military weighed in Sunday, denouncing the US aircraft for violating"security of air operations and international treaties."The military reported that Venezuelan strategic high command"proceeded to intercept the aircraft through two airplanes of the Bolivarian Air Force with the intention of applying the international protocols established by the International Civil Aviation Organization .
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