Colombia’s Avianca airline was avoiding Venezuelan airspace after a flight from Spain was approached by at least one warplane on Friday, creating a diplomatic incident, according to flight data, an airline source and authorities. Data from the online tracker FlightRadar24 confirmed Avianca’s flights were avoiding Venezuela on Saturday. It also showed Avianca’s Boeing Dreamliner took a sharp turn when flying over west Venezuela around 8pm local time, in line with a statement by Colombian authorities. Both nations’ defense and foreign ministers have discussed the plane incident, Colombia said. The Colombian statement cited Venezuelan authorities as saying its warplane was on a “navigation mission”.

Source: The Guardian October 22, 2016 18:19 UTC