Israeli aircraft did not loiter in Malaysian airspace

In confirming that an Israeli aircraft was overflying Malaysian airspace recently, the Transport Ministry said today that there were no abnormal flight patterns or loitering carried out within Malaysian airspace by the aircraft.

In a statement acknowledging concerns regarding an Israeli registered aircraft that traversed Malaysian airspace recently, the ministry said the civil aircraft had followed a commercial flight path used by any civil aircraft overflying Malaysian airspace according to the rules stipulated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)...