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Thai Jet Fighters Forced down the Plane Carrying N. Korean Arms [Breaking]
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 12/18/09 | Kwon Kyung-bok
Posted on 12/17/2009 7:17:49 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

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Thai Jet Fighters Forced down the Plane Carrying N. Korean Arms

Kwon Kyung-bok

2009.12.18 04:19

A Russian daily reports.

The IL-76 freighter plane of Georgian registry which got caught while transporting N. Korean arms did not land on Thailand for refueling, but was forced down to land by Thai fighter planes after entering Thai airspace, according to Dec. 17 report by Russian daily Kommersant.

The paper reported that, as soon as the IL-76 plane which left Pyongyang entered Thai airspace, two Thai jet fighters intercepted the plane and order it to land on Don Muang Airport in Bangkok, tipped off by foreign intelligence.

This contradicts the earlier account by Thai government that the plane landed for refueling and checking tires(?.) It also suggest that the plane was physically blocked in Thai airspace before scheduled refueling stop at Sri Lanka, while carrying N. Korean weapons in violation of UN sanction. Until recently, N. Korea’s arms exports have been mainly intercepted on high sea.

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