"The government of Ecuador regrets the involuntary overflight... and stresses that it was a completely accidental event of no significant import or duration, " a statement said.

BBC: 'Ecuador incursion' into Colombia

To make matters worse, when America's secretary of state, Colin Powell, at last let it be known that his government now wanted nothing more than overflight rights, to which the Turkish parliament agreed on March 20th, the government denied the Americans use of Turkish airspace, saying it wanted them to agree to the deployment of thousands of Turkish troops in northern Iraq.

ECONOMIST: Turkey's promises were always too hard to keep