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Russian War Plane Flights: Sweden Says Military Jet Almost Hit Passenger Plane


The Swedish military has said that a Russian military intelligence plane almost hit a commercial passenger plane just south of Sweden on Friday.
The Swedish air force chief, Maj. Gen. Micael Byden, said the incident took place in international airspace. Fighter jets were sent out immediately to identify the plane, and he added that the Russian plane’s military transponders were turned off to avoid detection.
“No prerequisites existed for an air accident related with a flight of a Russian warplane in the international air space over the Baltic Sea on Friday,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday, …read more

Source: The Epoch Times

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