Iranian Fighters Force US Jet to Land
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Air Force fighters forced a US Falcon to land after the jet violated Iran's airspace.
FNA dispatches said that the US Falcon jet had entered Iranian airspace from Turkey despite repeated warnings by the Islamic Republic Air Force.
The US jet was flying at low altitude in a bid to remain unnoticed by Iranian Radars, but it was made to touch down at an Iranian air port escorted by Air Force fighter jets.
The flying crew and passengers, including five US militaries and three civilians, were released after daylong interrogations revealed that they had violated Iranian airspace unintentionally as they were en route to Afghanistan.
The US Falcon and all those aboard left Iran for Afghanistan after receiving takeoff permission from Iranian authorities.
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