The UAE on Monday accused Qatari fighter jets of intercepting passenger flights operated by Emirati national carriers to Bahrain, as a months-old feud between the Gulf states continued to escalate.
The Qatari government said the allegation was “completely false”.
The UAE’s state news agency said one flight was a regular, scheduled service by an Emirati national carrier to Manama, on a known flight path that met all the required and internationally recognised approvals and permits.
“The General Civil Aviation Authority received a message from a national carrier on Monday morning that an aircraft on a routine flight to Manama was intercepted by Qatari fighter jets in a flagrant and serious threat to the safety of civil aviation and a clear violation of international law,” it said.
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The UAE on Monday accused Qatari fighter jets of intercepting passenger flights operated by Emirati national carriers to Bahrain, as a months-old feud between the Gulf states continued to escalate.
The Qatari government said the allegation was “completely false”.
The UAE’s state news agency said one flight was a regular, scheduled service by an Emirati national carrier to Manama, on a known flight path that met all the required and internationally recognised approvals and permits.
“The General Civil Aviation Authority received a message from a national carrier on Monday morning that an aircraft on a routine flight to Manama was intercepted by Qatari fighter jets in a flagrant and serious threat to the safety of civil aviation and a clear violation of international law,” it said.
Read the whole story from Middle East Eye.
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