This is an interesting article from the Associated Press. Both the airline and the Russians are saying that this “incident” has been blown out of proportion by Sweden’s military…..essentially they are saying the incident never happened. Perhaps some anti-Russian/anti-Putin propaganda on the part of the Swedish military?
Here is the Associated Press article:
Russia’s Defence Ministry on Sunday denied Swedish claims that for the second time this year a Russian military aircraft had nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden, insisting that the two planes were never less than 70 kilometres apart.
Scandinavian Airlines, which was operating the commercial flight, also said …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
