Identifier
Created
Classification
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08TASHKENT564
2008-05-19 11:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tashkent
Cable title:
GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PROTESTS ANOTHER U.S.
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UNCLAS TASHKENT 000564
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PREL PBTS UZ
SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PROTESTS ANOTHER U.S.
CIVILIAN OVERFLIGHT
REF: TASHKENT 384
UNCLAS TASHKENT 000564
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PREL PBTS UZ
SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PROTESTS ANOTHER U.S.
CIVILIAN OVERFLIGHT
REF: TASHKENT 384
1. (U) On May 13, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) informed
Post via diplomatic note that according to its aviation
authorities, the aircrew of G-550 Pentastar Aviation Airlines
Flight N940DC violated Uzbekistan's overflight procedures on
April 22. The flight was en-route to Helsinki from Mumbai
and provided notification to Uzbek aviation authorities one
minute prior to crossing the border, while Uzbek law requires
at least ten minutes advance notification. The GOU has
requested that action be taken to prevent such violations in
the future and that the USG inform it of actions taken
against the aircrew of Pentastar Aviation Airlines
responsible for violating Uzbekistan's overflight rules.
(Note: The GOU had a similar complaint and request related to
a Continental Airlines overflight in March, reftel. End
note.)
2. (SBU) The GOU has complained on several occasions over the
past two years about U.S. commercial carriers (and German
aircraft) allegedly failing to observe Uzbekistan's
overflight procedures. All of these have been flights that
crossed into Uzbekistan from Afghanistan. When the
Department of Defense and the Government of Germany contacted
these airlines previously, the airlines noted that their
pilots call in ten minutes prior to crossing into
Uzbekistan's airspace. We suspect that the problem lies
either with Uzbekistan's southern air traffic control on the
ground or with communications interference from the Hindu
Kush, and we plan to inform the Government of Uzbekistan of
this in response to its most recent complaint.
NORLAND
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PREL PBTS UZ
SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PROTESTS ANOTHER U.S.
CIVILIAN OVERFLIGHT
REF: TASHKENT 384
1. (U) On May 13, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) informed
Post via diplomatic note that according to its aviation
authorities, the aircrew of G-550 Pentastar Aviation Airlines
Flight N940DC violated Uzbekistan's overflight procedures on
April 22. The flight was en-route to Helsinki from Mumbai
and provided notification to Uzbek aviation authorities one
minute prior to crossing the border, while Uzbek law requires
at least ten minutes advance notification. The GOU has
requested that action be taken to prevent such violations in
the future and that the USG inform it of actions taken
against the aircrew of Pentastar Aviation Airlines
responsible for violating Uzbekistan's overflight rules.
(Note: The GOU had a similar complaint and request related to
a Continental Airlines overflight in March, reftel. End
note.)
2. (SBU) The GOU has complained on several occasions over the
past two years about U.S. commercial carriers (and German
aircraft) allegedly failing to observe Uzbekistan's
overflight procedures. All of these have been flights that
crossed into Uzbekistan from Afghanistan. When the
Department of Defense and the Government of Germany contacted
these airlines previously, the airlines noted that their
pilots call in ten minutes prior to crossing into
Uzbekistan's airspace. We suspect that the problem lies
either with Uzbekistan's southern air traffic control on the
ground or with communications interference from the Hindu
Kush, and we plan to inform the Government of Uzbekistan of
this in response to its most recent complaint.
NORLAND