Qatari fighter jets intercept UAE civilian plane again

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Qatari fighter jets intercept UAE civilian plane again

Abu Dhabi - The UAE would be filing a complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

By AFP

Published: Mon 23 Apr 2018, 4:31 PM

The UAE said on Sunday that Qatari fighter jets narrowly avoided a UAE passenger flight over Bahrain, the latest in a series of such events.
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority said the incident took place at midday on Sunday and the captain of the flight with 86 passengers onboard had "to make a quick manoeuvre to avoid collision".

#wam_breaking | "Qatari fighter Jets" endanger the safety of #UAE civilian plane in #Bahrain's airspace.#wamnews pic.twitter.com/4ZlUQF5q9i
- WAM News / English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) April 22, 2018

"Qatari jets chased the UAE passenger plane and came close to it, less than 700 feet, leaving just seconds before collision...a very dangerous and unsafe approach which endangered the lives of passengers," the authority said in a statement cited by news agency WAM.
It said the UAE would be filing a complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
Bahrain's civil aviation agency said in a statement cited by news agency BNA that the Airbus 320 was travelling from Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia to UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

Doha does it again!

>April 22, 2018 UAE files a complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organisation after Qatari fighter jets intercept a civilian plane
>March 27, 2018 Qatar's fighter jets approach two UAE-registered civilian aircraft in a dangerous manner
>January 18, 2018 The UAE files a complaint with UN over Qatar's interception of two passenger planes en route to Bahrain
>January 15, 2018 Qatar's military aircraft intercept two civilian UAE planes on their way to Bahrain
>June 8, 2017 UAE airspace is closed to all air traffic coming from or going to the Qatari capital of Doha
>June 6, 2017 Emirates, Etihad, Flydubai and Air Arabia suspend all flights to and from the Qatari capital of Doha