Venezuela’s air force ''neutralizes'' unidentified US plane

The Strategic Command Operations of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces said on Wednesday it had “neutralized” an aircraft with a US serial identification number as it violated the country’s airspace.“CEOFANB reports that the United Aerospace Defense Command detected an aircraft with a US hull number intruding Venezuelan airspace overnight 8 July and neutralized it with military jets according to protocols”, the military said on Twitter.Attached to the post were images of the “neutralized” plane on fire. One could read serial number N339AV on its tail.According to Flightradar, it was a privately-owned Hawker 800 plane. Its latest registered flight route was in Mexico, from the central Toluca state to Cozumel island in the Caribbean.