A Jordanian passenger plane spotted yesterday deep over Israel territory, in the Southern sector of the Negev Desert, was chased back toward Jordanian air, according to an announcement here today by an Israeli military spokesman. The Israeli plane that chased the Jordanian twin-engines Dakota was a Mystery-IV jet fighter.
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