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Urgent: Russia's airspace again violated by Vietnamese airliner

18:56 13/07/2005

Moscow, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - A Vietnamese commercial Boeing 777 jet violated Russian airspace Tuesday, the third such incident since June 26, a Defense Ministry spokesperson said.

The jet was operated by Hangkhong Vietnam Airlines, which was also responsible for the June 26 and July 4 incidents, the Transportation Ministry said in a posting.

Russian air traffic controllers managed to effectively deal with the violations, the ministry said.

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