A mysterious plane flying diagonally over the country in a southeasterly course in total radio silence and without a prior submitted flight plan was intercepted by a pair of Hellenic Air Force F-16s on Thursday afternoon near the south Aegean island of Santorini.
The air force general staff on Friday issued an announcement on the incident, merely citing the times the plane entered Greek airspace, when it was intercepted some seven nautical miles from the island, when it finally turned on its communication system and transponder and when it exited the Athens FIR (18.10 GMT).
The plane, which was not further identified, was flying from France to Kuwait, the military
