Greek court sentences Turkish pilot to four years over fighter crash

First Lt. Halil Ibrahim Ozdemir was convicted Monday of negligent manslaughter. He has 15 days to appeal the sentence or face arrest if he enters Greece. The offense is not considered serious enough to warrant an extradition request. Â

 

Ozdemir did not appoint a lawyer and there was no immediate reaction from Turkish authorities.Â

 

Greek pilot Costas Iliakis died in the 2006 incident when two F-16 jets collided.

 

NATO allies Greece and Turkey are at odds over airspace boundaries and flight procedures in the Aegean and mock dogfights between fighter jets are common.