NATO OFFICIALS VISIT TUZLA TO INVESTIGATE MYSTERIOUS FLIGHTS

SARAJEVO, Feb 15 (Hina) - NATO officials yesterday visited Tuzla in northeastern Bosnia-Herzegovina to investigate recently reported mysterious flights over the area, UNPROFOR spokesman in Sarajevo Gary Coward said today. Last Friday and Sunday, UN military observers heard cargo and fighter planes flying over Tuzla, but AWACS radars and NATO airplanes could not detect anything. But the investigation failed to produce any details, Coward said. Bosnian government army officials refused to allow UN personnel to inspect hangars in a part of Tuzla airport where planes could have landed. UNPROFOR commander in Bosnia General Rupert Smith yesterday met Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic to discuss the matter. Mladic threatened that Serb forces would take appropriate measures should similar incidents occur again. (Hina) jn rv vm 151446 MET feb 95