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First "Scramble" of 2006: F-16 of Italian Air Force intercepted an English B-767

Naples, Italy - It was happened in early afternoon on the Tyrrhenian Sea

This time, the first one in this year, a Boeing 767 of the British carrier, Excel Airways, has been the protagonist of the "Invasion" of our air space; the airplane took off from London to Luxor, in Egypt, didn’t communicate with the transalpine’s air traffic controllers, while was on the French skies. The controllers and in particular the Marseille’s control centre, have alerted the COFA (Combined Air O...

fra/pec - 134024
Rome, Italy, 01/02/2006 18:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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