US admits violating Venezuelan Airspace
A U.S. military aircraft based in Curacao may have strayed inadvertently into Venezuelan airspace on May 17 admitted Sean McCormack, Spokesman of US State department. He said that while conducting a counternarcotics mission in international airspace, the pilot realized that a navigation error had occurred. He contacted a Venezuelan tower to report the error, stating that he would immediately return to international airspace. The exchange was polite and professional.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro announced in a televised interview yesterday that he would ask to see Ambassador Duddy on May 20. Sean McCormack said that the US Embassy in Caracas has received no diplomatic communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Venezuela had accused that a U.S. Navy warplane on Saturday entered the airspace around La Orchila and another island about 80 miles (120 km) from the South American country’s mainland. La Orchila has a military base and a presidential residence and all flights are banned flying over except Venezuelan military planes.
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