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First Freedom - The right to fly and carry traffic over the territory of
another partner to the agreement without landing. (Almost all countries
are partners to the Convention but some have observed this freedom
better than others. When the Korean airliner lost its way over Soviet
air space a few year ago and was shot down, the Soviet Union (among
other offenses!) violated this First Freedom.)

Using commercial airlines to spy for the US is a bit underhand too and runs
the risk of being shot down.


When was that confirmed? Not that it has never been done (by all sides).