BBC: Libya conflict: Haftar forces threaten to target civilian planes
Rebel forces in Libya have threatened to hit civilian planes flying over the capital Tripoli, declaring the city and its surrounding areas a "no-fly zone".
Mitiga, the city's only functioning airport, was closed on Wednesday after rockets were fired towards it.
But the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) said it had now been re-opened.
Mitiga has been hit several times since Gen Khalifa Haftar began an offensive to seize Tripoli from the GNA.
In a statement posted on Facebook on Thursday, the GNA said resuming flights at Mitiga was of the "utmost importance".
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Update: Forces of Libya's Khalifa Haftar threaten to target civilian aircraft (CBS News).
WNU Editor: The airport is being used to bring in military forces and equipment, especially by Turkey. But even with these threats, the airport is been reopened .... Libya's Mitiga airport, threatened by Haftar, reopened (Daily Sabah).
1 comment:
The US uses civilian aircraft (CRAF).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Reserve_Air_Fleet
I do not know if it has been activated. When it does, do the transponders change?
This is normal operating practice. The Brits did this with ships during their wars with Holland.
If he is done it needs to be done put in the open not like how First Lord of the Admiralty did it.
Haftar has a point. It might be lost in the noise and ignorance.
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