21.   He added Egypt was waiting for the go ahead from the UN Security Council before allowing Libyan planes to cross their airspace.

22.   In Egypt, meanwhile, Transport Minister Soleiman Metualla said his country was preparing to allow Libyan planes to cross its airspace for the Mecca pilgrimage.

23.   In New Delhi, Indian defence ministry spokesman P.K. Bandopadhyay confirmed the intrusion, but said the plane had barely crossed into Indian air space before turning back.

24.   In neighbouring Egypt, meanwhile, Transport Minister Soleiman Metualla said his country was preparing to allow Libyan planes to cross its airspace for the Mecca pilgrimage.

25.   Iraq has a border with Saudi Arabia but its planes cannot cross it because of an Allied-imposed no-fly zone over southern Iraq.

26.   But the transcript also demonstrated that the Cuban exile group Brothers to the Rescue was well aware that their planes were crossing into Cuban territorial airspace on Saturday.

27.   But the transcript also demonstrated that the exile group Brothers to the Rescue was well aware that their planes were crossing into Cuban territorial airspace on Saturday.

28.   Egypt meanwhile insisted that no Libyan planes had crossed Egyptian airspace on Wednesday.

29.   Egypt was taken by surprise by the Libyan flight to Jeddah and has not publicly confirmed that the plane crossed its airspace.

30.   Egypt said Tuesday it was preparing to allow Libyan planes to cross its airspace for the Moslem pilgrimage to Mecca despite a UN air traffic embargo on Tripoli.