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Old 26th May 2004, 18:32
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Ian Corrigible
 
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The locals are denying anything happened (here's a clue chaps: the aircraft involved is the one with a newly installed dog-tooth in the wing...)

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Turkmen officials deny British military plane collision in Turkmen airspace
ASHGABAT, May 26 (AFP)

Officials in Turkmenistan on Wednesday rejected a British defence ministry announcement that a British military transport plane had collided with another aircraft in the Central Asian country's airspace.

"We would know if there was such an incident and we've received no such information," a spokesman for Turkmenistan's civil defence service told AFP.

The denial was echoed by a spokesman for the national flag carrier Turkmen Airlines. "Nothing like that has happened in our territory," the Turkmen Airlines spokesman said.

The hardline leadership of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov has generally kept a tight lid on any information it sees as reflecting badly on the country.
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