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Tehran confirms seizure of aircraft

By Thomas Escritt in Budapest and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran

Published: October 7 2008 14:43 | Last updated: October 7 2008 17:20

Iran on Tuesday revealed that it had forced a Hungarian-crewed transport aircraft to land after it strayed into the Islamic republic’s airspace at the end of last month.

A Hungarian government official said the pilot of the aircraft had been issued with an incorrect flight plan.

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