Turkish pilot Lieutenant Halil Ibrahim Ozdemir is carried to a hospital in Mugla, Turkey May 23, 2006. Greek and Turkish fighter planes collided in mid-air on Tuesday while shadowing each other in the southern Aegean, where the two NATO allies have long disputed control over airspace. REUTERS/Ihlas News Agency

More from the New York Times: In April alone, Turkish jets violated Greek airspace no less than 53 times, Hellenic Air Force officials said today.