Unidentified plane reportedly shot down in Kodori gorge

August 25, 2007 

Debris of the aircraft have not yet been found, as it crashed in a remote area of the gorge, reports said. Witnesses, however, told Rustavi 2 TV via phone that they saw a black smoke coming from the crash site. 
The Georgian Interior Ministry has confirmed the incident, saying that fire was opened at a plane that intruded into the Georgian airspace over the Kodori Gorge. It said it was not clear whether it was a Russian or Abkhaz aircraft. Abkhaz forces were holding large scale military maneuvers, involving at least two army helicopters and two aircraft, near the Kodori Gorge at that period of time. 
The Russian air force branded as "one more provocative piece of information" a Georgian media report that a Russian warplane was shot down on Friday over the Kodori Gorge in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region.
Unidentified plane reportedly shot down in Kodori gorge August 25 , 2007 Debris of the aircraft have not yet been found , as it crashed in a remote area of the gorge , reports said . Witnesses , however , told Rustavi 2 TV via phone that they saw a black smoke coming from the crash site . The Georgian Interior Ministry has confirmed the incident , saying that fire was opened at a plane that intruded into the Georgian airspace over the Kodori Gorge . It said it was not clear whether it was a Russian or Abkhaz aircraft . Abkhaz forces were holding large scale military maneuvers , involving at least two army helicopters and two aircraft , near the Kodori Gorge at that period of time . The Russian air force branded as " one more provocative piece of information " a Georgian media report that a Russian warplane was shot down on Friday over the Kodori Gorge in Georgia 's breakaway Abkhazia region .
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