Για μια ακόμη φορά γίναμε μάρτυρες της θρασύτητας των Τούρκων που επιμένουν να αμφισβητούν την αρμοδιότητα της Ελλάδας για διεξαγωγή επιχειρήσεων SAR εντός της ελληνικής επικράτειας και εντός των ορίων του FIR Αθηνών.
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A0873/17 – DUE TO PEOPLE IN WATER SEARCH AND RESCUE ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN AREA RADIUS 3NM CENTERED ON 392300N0261000E LIMITED WITHIN ATHINAI FIR. DUE TO POTENTIAL HIGH RISKS FOR AIR TRAFFIC, INDIVIDUAL UNITS ARE REQUESTED TO ESTABLISH COORDINATION WITH THE PIRAEUS JRCC BEFORE ENTERING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED AREA SITUATED WITHIN THE ATHINAI FIR WHICH FALLS IN ITS COMPETENCE. 00000FT AMSL – 03000FT
AMSL, 24 APR 09:00 2017 UNTIL 25 APR 09:00 2017.
CREATED: 24 APR 09:10 2017
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A2015/17 (Issued for LTBB LGGG) – NAVIGATIONAL WARNING TO ALL CONCERNED:
THIS NOTAM IS ISSUED TO CLARIFY THE A0873/17 LGGGYNYX NOTAM ISSUED BY GREEK CAA.
AS REGARDS THE GREEK NOTAM A0873/17 LGGG, TURKEY DOES NOT ACCEPT THE DEFINITION OF THE SEARCH AND RESCUE(SAR) AREA WITH REFERENCE TO ATHENS FIR. THE AREA REFERRED TO IN THE SAID GREEK NOTAM FALLS WITHIN TURKEY’S MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE REGION(SRR) AS DECLARED TO THE IMO AND INCLUDED IN THE IMO’S GLOBAL SAR PLAN. THEREFORE, ALL SAR EFFORTS/ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TURKISH SRR MUST BE COORDINATED WITH THE RELEVANT TURKISH AUTHORITIES. 24 APR 10:05 2017 UNTIL 25 APR 09:00 2017. CREATED: 24 APR 10:09 2017
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A0877/17 (Issued for LGGG PART 1 OF 2) – REF (A) GREEK NOTAM A0873/17 LGGGYNYX.
REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A2015/17 LTAAYNYX (241009 EUECYIYN APR 2017).
NAVIGATIONAL WARNING TO ALL CONCERNED:
WITH REFERENCE TO THE REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A2015/17 LTAAYNYX (241009 EUECYIYN APR 2017) THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE UNDERLINED:
1.- THE REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A2015/17 LTAAYNYX (241009 EUECYIYN
APR 2017) IS NULL AND VOID SINCE IT REFERS TO SEARCH AND RESCUE
ACTIVITIES WITHIN ATHINAI FIR WHERE THE ONLY COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO
PROMULGATE NOTAMS, ACCORDING TO ICAO PROVISIONS, IS THE HELLENIC
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY THROUGH ITS APPROPRIATE AIS UNIT.
2.- IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE SEARCH AND RESCUE REGION UNDER GREEK
RESPONSIBILITY COINCIDES WITH THE ATHINAI FIR, AS DECIDED DURING
THE ISTANBUL (1950), PARIS (1952) AND GENEVA (1958) REGIONAL AIR
NAVIGATION MEETINGS ACCEPTED BY THE PARTICIPANT STATES INCLUDING
TURKEY AND APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS ICAO COUNCIL DECISIONS. THIS IS
ALSO REGISTERED AND HAS BEEN CIRCULATED WITHIN IMO (SAR.8/CIRC.1/CORR.3,
ANNEX 2) AND IS CONSISTENT WITH IMO AND ICAO RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE
ALIGNMENT OF SEARCH AND RESCUE BOUNDARIES WITH THE CORRESPONDING
FIR.FURTHERMORE THE JRCC PIRAEUS IS THE ONLY COMPETENT AUTHORITY THAT
COORDINATES EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY ALL SAR OPERATIONS WITHIN
THE ENTIRE GREEK SAR REGION.
END PART 1 OF 2. 24 APR 11:18 2017 UNTIL 25 APR 09:00 2017.
CREATED: 24 APR 11:26 2017
A0877/17 (Issued for LGGG PART 2 OF 2) – 3.- FINALLY, THE AREA AS DESCRIBED IN REF (A) GREEK NOTAM
A0873/17 LGGGYNYX, LIES WITHIN GREEK TERRITORY, GREEK TERRITORIAL
WATERS AND GREEK NATIONAL AIRSPACE, WHERE GREECE EXERCISES
SOVEREIGNTY ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL LAW.
AS IN THE PAST, TURKISH AUTHORITIES’ MISINTERPRETATION AND DISTORTION OF THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS,CONCERNING SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSIBILITIES, ARE REJECTED BY GREECE, AS THEY MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS INSTITUTIONAL AND PRACTICAL COMPLICATIONS IN THE CONDUCT OF SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. MOREOVER IT IS REITERATED THAT GREECE EFFECTIVELY PROVIDES SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES WITHIN THE SEARCH AND RESCUE REGION UNDER ITS RESPONSIBILITY, SINCE ITS CREATION.
FOR ALL THESE REASONS, THE REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A2015/17 LTAAYNYX
(241009 EUECYIYN APR 2017) IS NULL AND VOID AND IS HEREBY REJECTED.
THE REF (A) GREEK NOTAM A0873/17 LGGGYNYX IS THE ONLY VALID AND
EFFECTIVE WITHIN ATHINAI FIR AND NO FURTHER EXPLANATION WILL BE
GIVEN. END PART 2 OF 2. 24 APR 11:18 2017 UNTIL 25 APR 09:00 2017.
CREATED: 24 APR 11:26 2017
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A2020/17 (Issued for LTBB LGGG) – NAVIGATIONAL WARNING TO ALL CONCERNED:
AS REGARDS TO THE GREEK NOTAM A0877/17 LGGG WHICH GIVES REFERENCE TO
THE FIR LIMIT BY GIVING GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
WE WOULD LIKE TO REFER ONCE AGAIN TO THE TURKISH AIP ENR 2.1-1 WHICH STATES THAT THE PORTION OF ISTANBUL FIR LIMIT BETWEEN THE POINT 360456N-0295958E AND THE POINT COINCIDING WITH THE BEGINNING POINT OF THE TURKISH-GREEK LAND BORDER DOES NOT REFLECT OR IMPLY IN ANY WAY ANY EXPRESSION OF OPINION WHATSOEVER REGARDING THE DELIMITATION OF ANY KIND OF BOUNDARY AMONG THE PARTIES CONCERNED OR A BILATERALLY
AGREED PRACTICE. THE SAID LINE IS PURELY THEORETICAL AND SOLELY SERVES ATS PURPOSES. THEREFORE ANY INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPS PRESENTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS PART OF THE FIR IS FICTITIOUS AND THER SOLE PURPOSE IS LIMITED TO ATS REQUIREMENTS. 24 APR 11:33 2017 UNTIL 25 APR 09:00 2017.
CREATED: 24 APR 12:33 2017
