A passenger plane flew into Ukrainian airspace trying to avoid a storm, but made it through the warzone OK

• A Turkish passenger plane flew through Ukrainian airspace on July 25 for several hours.
• Civilian airspace over Ukraine is closed because of the war there, and risky to enter.
• The airline — a new Turkish company called BBN — said the pilots were avoiding a storm.

A passenger plane flew through Ukraine's closed airspace last month after a storm diverted its path, the airline said.

The plane, an Airbus A320-200 operated by Turkish company BBN Airlines, was flying from Oslo, Norway to Antalya, Turkey on July 25.

It flew through southwestern Ukraine, passing the Zakarpattya and Chernivtsi regions, The New Voice of Ukraine reported.