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    Vol.60/No.11           March 18, 1996 
 
 
Record Of Illegal Flights Over Cuba  

The following is a chronology of violations of Cuba's airspace in 1994-96, based on information issued by the Cuban foreign ministry.

1994

May 15. Five aircraft from Florida violate Cuban airspace off coast between Cárdenas, Matanzas province, and El Mariel, Havana province.

May 17. Two Cessna-337 planes from Florida, registration numbers N-58BB and N-108LS, violate Cuban airspace off coast between Cárdenas, Matanzas province, and El Mariel, Havana province.

May 25 and May 29. Five aircraft from Florida violate Cuban airspace off coast between Cárdenas, Matanzas province, and El Mariel, Havana province.

July 10. Aircraft from the United States, registration number N-2506, violates Cuban airspace north of Guanabo, outside Havana, and north of city of Havana.

July 21. Cuban authorities send Diplomatic Note 908 to U.S. Interests Section protesting these violations.

November 10. Two C-337 planes from Guantánamo Naval Base violate Cuban airspace, flying over Punta Maisí lighthouse and dropping 200 antigovernment leaflets. Cuban government sends Diplomatic Note 1443 on November 15 in protest to U.S. Interests Section.

1995

April 4. C-337 plane violates Cuban airspace north of area between Santa Fe and Guanabo, outside province. Diplomatic Note 694 is sent May 25 in protest to U.S. Interests Section.

July 13. Four aircraft from the United States, registration numbers N-108LS, N-2506, N-5485S, and N-312MX, enter Cuban territorial waters north of Havana, penetrating prohibited zone MU-P1 and flying over the city of Havana at a low altitude.

Diplomatic Note 1100, with a copy of a letter to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, is sent August 21 in protest to the U.S. Interests Section.

1996

January 9 and January 13. Two light planes from Opa-locka, Florida, airport fly over Havana province and drop antigovernment propaganda. Diplomatic Note 45 is sent January 15 in protest to U.S. Interests Section.

 
 
 
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