December 19, 2011 - 19:51 AMT
French military airplane violates Turkey’s airspace

French military airplane violated Turkey’s airspace on Dec. 17, the Turkish armed forces said.

The C-160 cargo plane flew unauthorized for three minutes over an area of the Aegean to Turkey’s southwest, the military General Staff in Ankara said in a statement on its website.

Turkey’s military said it informed the Foreign Ministry of the breach, Bloomberg reported.