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Turkey intercepts Syrian plane suspected of carrying Russian arms

Türkiye Materials 10 October 2012 23:28 (UTC +04:00)

A Damascus-bound civilian plane, suspected of carrying arms, was forced to land at Ankara airport on Wednesday, Today's Zaman reported.

Turkey scrambled F-16 fighter jets after the plane, which took off from Moscow, entered into Turkey's airspace and forced it to land in Ankara's Esenboğa airport.

Turkey has started inspecting the plane late on Wednesday, which was carrying 35 passengers from Moscow.

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