UAE Says Qatari fighter jets intercept civilian aircraft

Two Qatari fighter jets flew dangerously close to 2 civilian aircraft from the United Arab Emirates while they were in Bahraini airspace Monday, the UAE's state news agency WAM quoted its civil aviation authority as saying. WAM said the General Civil Aviation Authority had condemned the "provocative action," which it said followed 2 similar incidents that had been reported by the UAE to the ICAO. Qatar in June 2017 asked the ICAO to intervene after its Gulf neighbours closed their airspace to Qatar flights as part of the sanctions. Bahrain's civil aviation authority confirmed an incident took place, saying 2 Qatari fighter jets flew under a UAE Airbus 320 en route from the emirate of Fujairah to Rome, forcing the UAE aircraft to fly at a higher altitude. The airline involved was not specified. <br/>