Hit American plane at the airport of Skopje

Yugoslav anti-aircraft forces hit the plane just below the cockpit and near the point where missiles are kept.

The Skopje Makedonija Danas newspaper quoted reliable sources as saying that the plane had landed at the airport at around 1 p.m. local time together with another NATO aircraft that had soon taken off for Albania.

Strong NATO forces cordoned off the part of the runway where the plane had landed.

NATO troops seized control over the entire airport at the outset of aggression on Yugoslavia more than three weeks ago.

NATO's Skopje-based spokesman Eric Mugno confirmed that the plane had to land at Skopje airport, declining further comment on the matter