A Russian plane has entered the NATO airspace Thursday. The German Air Forces intercepted him east of the Rügen, in the Baltic Sea, And they escorted him until he finally entered the Russian space.
According to the German media and has confirmed the agency AfpRussian plane Ilyushin Il-20m It flew “without a flight plan” and “did not respond to radio messages”. The country’s air forces have confirmed that “occasionally it happens that Russian military aircraft approach the German military space and, therefore, of NATO.”
“After German interceptors escorted the plane, he turned around and flew to the Russian enclave of Kalingrad,” says the publication.
In this way, the German Air Force “explained that the Eurofighter of the fast reaction alert (QRA) They had taken off from the Laage Air Base in Misklemburg-Western Pomerania for the launch of the alarm. ” “QRA depends on NATO and is responsible for guaranteeing security in airspace both at the alliance level and at the federal level“He concludes.
