Sentence examples for airspace zone from inspiring English sources

Aircraft that fail to comply with procedures within a restricted airspace zone around the Olympic site in London could be subject to "lethal force" from the military, it was revealed today.

This from PA: Aircraft that fail to comply with procedures within a restricted airspace zone around the Olympic site in London could be subject to "lethal force" from the military, it was revealed today.

The military inquiry also suggested that controllers were unable to communicate with the pilots because they had not told them to change radio frequencies when entering a new airspace zone.

"Even since China has created this airspace defence zone, we have continued our surveillance activities as before in the East China Sea, including in the zone," said Japan's top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga.

Mr Plevneliev added that Russian military was stepping up incursions into the "security zone" airspace over the Black Sea.

The Obama administration has sidestepped calls for a no-fly zone — airspace one side designates as forbidden to another side, potentially with the threat that unauthorized aircraft will be shot down — in Syria, citing concerns about how it would be enforced.

But the pilot flying the aircraft will not be in the cockpit: he will have his feet firmly on the ground in a control room back at Warton.Pilotless aircraft are now widely used by the armed forces, but those drones fly only in restricted airspace and conflict zones.

The airspace in the new zone announced by China last week overlaps a similar zone declared by Japan more than 40 years ago.

"The insurance company still considers some of our airspace as a war zone," said Mr. Nabeil of the transportation ministry.

The 298 people on board MH17 had no connection to the fighting – their international flight was simply travelling through airspace above the battle zone.

Investigators also drew up a list of recommendations to prevent similar disasters in the future, criticising Ukraine for its decision to restrict rather than close airspace over a conflict zone.