US 'violates' Venezuala airspace

Venezuela wants the US ambassador to explain a breach of the country’s airspace by a US Navy plane.

The S-3 plane was detected in Venezuelan airspace on Saturday night near the Caribbean island of La Orchila, and questioned by the Caracas airport control tower, defence minister General Gustavo Rangel Briceno said.

US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the plane “may have strayed inadvertently into Venezuelan airspace” while conducting a counter-drug mission.