Anadolu Agency, Turkey
Oct 15 2012
Turkish authorities confiscate items from Syria-bound Armenian plane
Ankara, 15 October: A plane enroute from Armenia to Syria has been
forced to land at an airport in Turkey’s eastern province of Erzurum
to examine its cargo on Monday.
Diplomatic sources said that the plane enroute to Aleppo from Armenia
was grounded while in the Turkish airspace.
Turkish authorities confiscated part of the cargo aboard a plane for
examination.
The plane was defined as a civilian humanitarian aid plane.
Sources stated that the plane would continue its way to Aleppo if its
cargo is not contrary to civilian aviation rules.
In Turkey, a Syrian passenger plane had also been forced to land at
Ankara’s Esenboga Airport on October 10. Turkish F-16s forced down
Airbus A320, which was flying from Moscow to Damascus, over suspicions
that it had weapons on board.
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