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Middle East Airlines plane seized for debts

Beirut, Lebanon - Beirut Government owes a German company about USD 7m

Lebanese foreign Minister summoned the Turkish ambassador to Lebanon yesterday to express his disapproval on the impounding of a Lebanese jet due to a financial dispute between Government and a German construction firm. An Airbus A-321 belonging to Lebanon’s flagship carrier Middle East Airlines has been seized while it was parked at Istanbul Airport last Friday. The measure was taken as collateral f...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 129307
Rome, Italy, 10/19/2005 17:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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