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| 2005-04-08 |
| A SMALL jet sent to Rome to pick up Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski after the funeral of Pope John Paul II was intercepted by an Italian fighter plane following reports that it had a bomb on board, the ANSA news agency reported. No bomb was found on the Learjet, which was orginally headed to Rome's Ciampino airport but escorted to Pratica di Mare military base near the Italian capital, where it was searched. ANSA earlier quoted Italy's air force chief General Leonardo Tricario as saying intelligence reports indicated that a bomb was on board the aircraft. The plane later left Pratica di Mare for Ciampino where Mr Crvenkovski and five other people were to embark to return to Skopje. Unlike Rome's main Fiumicino airport, Ciampino has been closed to commercial traffic amid a security clampdown in and around Rome for world leaders attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II. A no-flight zone covering a radius of about 120km around Rome, up to an altitude of about 6500 metres, was imposed for the event. |
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