ZAGREB, March 21 (Hina) - The Croatian government has received a special notice from the USA for maritime companies and airlines regarding activities in the air and on the sea in the Near East, the Croatian Foreign Ministry reported
on Friday.
ZAGREB, March 21 (Hina) - The Croatian government has received a
special notice from the USA for maritime companies and airlines
regarding activities in the air and on the sea in the Near East, the
Croatian Foreign Ministry reported on Friday. #L#
According to the notice, territorial air space over Iraq is closed
until further notice for all non-Coalition aircraft, except for
medical, firefighting, rescue and humanitarian flights approved by
the central command.
The notice also states that a series of flights by almost all
international airlines have been cancelled and they have been
explicitly banned from entering high-altitude airspace strata over
Iraq under the threat of being taken down. Flight routes have been
"shifted" north and south of Cyprus, Syria and Iraq.
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