Turkey says jets harassed by unidentified MIG-29 near Syrian border

English.news.cn   2015-10-05 19:32:07

ANKARA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — Two Turkish F-16 jets patrolling the border with Syria were harassed Sunday by an unidentified MIG-29, the Turkish army said on Monday.

“Two F-16s were harassed for a total of five minutes by an MIG-29 aircraft whose nationality cannot be determined,” the Turkish army said in a statement on its website.

At the time, 10 F-16 jets wer patroling along the Turkish-Syrian border line, the statement said.

It added that the Turkish jets were under a radar lock for 40 seconds.

Earlier Monday, Turkey said a Russian warplane violated its airspace on Saturday in the southern Yayladagi town of Hatay province near the Syrian border.

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