Cargo plane escorted from Dutch airspace

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ air force has scrambled a pair of F-16s to escort a plane that approached Dutch airspace unannounced during a meeting of 53 world leaders.

The cargo plane, a Boeing 777 operated by Chile’s LAN Cargo, had departed from Miami. Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism spokesman Lodewijk Hekking said the cargo plane’s pilot cooperated immediately and was escorted safely to Frankfurt, Germany.

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