Israel Air Force Jets intercepted an unidentified aircraft over Sinai Wednesday evening, The plane, which turned out to be a Soviet civilian airliner of Aeroflot that apparently penetrated Israeli air space by mistake, was permitted to return to Egypt and landed at Cairo airport. The incident occurred at about 8 p.m. local time.
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