Like most other countries including the US, Egypt maintains an “Air Defense Identification Zone” where it controls the airspace for civil traffic and patrols militarily. This ADIZ is not the traditional naval 12 mile boundary but can extend a hundred miles or more offshore. 10 miles into Egyptian controlled airspace is nowhere close to the point where you need to begin to descend to the airport.
Click on this link to go to an image that displays airspace limits - look at the offshore lines to see where various countries say their airspace ends: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/VAAC_Coverage.jpg
Egyptian airspace starts well out over the Med.
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Based on your map I’d say it extends out about 170 miles into the Med. Maybe the earlier reports of the aircraft being 40 minutes from Athens are good.
Thanks for that info-—I should have checked for more info prior to posting my thoughts.
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