Israel Says Russian Warplane 'Briefly' Entered Airspace Over Golan Heights
16:47 29.11.2015(updated 17:35 29.11.2015)
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An aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces task unit deployed to Syria
entered by mistake the Israeli-controlled airspace over Golan Heights and
left it, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon reported.

According to the minister, the military communication channel between Russia
and Israel was used to settle the situation.

"There was a minor mistake, and the pilot entered our airspace for 1.6
kilometers. We immediately contacted him, he changed his route and flew back
to Syria," the minister said Sunday.

He did not say when the incident took place.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Russian and Israeli Air
Forces were conducting trainings to maintain flight security over Syria.
They also established a hotline for sharing information about flights in
Syrian airspace.

"Since Russian jets are not going to bomb there is no need to shoot them
down," Yaalon said.

"Just as we do not interfere in their mission in Syria so they create no
problem for us with our flights," he pointed out.

He added that in accordance with the agreement on preventing collisions in
the sky over Syria, Russia must notify Israel about its flights near the
Israeli border.

"We established an open communication channel to avoid any collisions. They
notify us when they fly near Golan Heights," Yaalon said.