The overflow of two Harriers military aircraft of the Spanish Navy on the waters of Peñón alerted the British officials of Gibraltar last Friday morning, which now They have opened an investigation To clarify what happened.
The aircraft, which flew at low altitude on the east side of the British territory to enter the Strait, passed just when the Spanish Navy and the Gibraltar squad were in the place controlling the passage of two burgers of Russian origin.
Although there were several commercial flights on the track at the time the events passed, its presence did not interrupt the operations of the Gibraltar International Airport. It is not the first time that a similar episode occurs, although normally they had never approached the rock.
“We have knowledge of the airplanes that flew over British territorial waters this morning and continue investigating,” he told the British environment Chronicle The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth and Development performs formal diplomatic efforts to Spain when it corresponds,” he adds in his statement. “The incursions constitute a violation of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, not a threat to it”concludes.
