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Greek fighter jet comes down in Aegean, pilot missing: state TV

Published April 12, 2018 Updated April 12, 2018 12:53pm

Coastguard and navy vessels have been dispatched to near the island of Skyros, where the plane is believed to have come down.

It was not immediately clear if the pilot had ejected.

ERT said the aircraft was part of a two-plane patrol that had just intercepted Turkish fighter jets.

Greek fighter planes are regularly scrambled to intercept Turkish jets who enter what Athens considers Greek airspace over the Aegean.

 

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2018