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A Turkish maritime patrol aircraft ATR-72 and a Turkish helicopter violated the Greek airspace on Wednesday as they entered Athens flight information region (FIR) without submitting a flight plan.

The three violations occurred over the southeastern Aegean.

A Turkish naval cooperation aircraft ATR-72 and a Turkish helicopter entered the Athens FIR today without filing a flight plan.

3 violations of air traffic rules (ATC) were recorded in the FIR Athens, in the area of the southeastern Aegean Sea.

The Turkish aircraft were identified by international rules, as is standard practice.

The new generation of ATR 72-600 aircraft is brought to our country for the first time by SKY express to reinforce the coverage of its domestic network. This type of aircraft meets the specific requirements of national aviation. It offers a unique flight experience, while at the same time it is renowned for its eco-friendliness and its fuel efficiency.

TAROM national airlines received the first aircraft from the series of nine ATR 72-600 airplanes, currently being the only airline in Romania which included in its fleet this type of aircraft, with this configuration, a release sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday informs.

IranAir took delivery of five more ATR turboprop aircraft, it said on Aug. 5, easing a state of limbo surrounding Western plane deals since Washington exited a nuclear sanctions pact between Iran and major world powers.

His wife found him bleeding at their apartment. He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

Babchenko's killer was waiting for him in the stairwell of his building. He shot him in the back.

Iran expects to finalize within days a deal to buy up to 40 planes from ATR, the European manufacturer of turboprop aircraft, a deputy transport minister said on Jan. 30.

"We discussed the deals in Italy and France and ATR officials are expected in Tehran in the coming days to complete the agreement," Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan said.

An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia's remote and mountainous region of Papua on Aug. 16, a government official said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the Southeast Asian nation.

An Indonesian twin-turboprop aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Aug. 16 in the remote, forested eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said, with search efforts hampered by failing light as night falls.

Russian authorities on April 1 shut down a television channel for Crimean Tatars, an ethnic group that opposed Moscow's seizure of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, despite an outcry from activists and the West.
      
ATR television channel was forced to go off air after Russia's state media regulator refused to give it a broadcasting licence.