Swedish reconnaissance plane spent almost seven hours over the Black Sea

Almost seven hours spent over the neutral waters of the Black sea radar reconnaissance aircraft of the Swedish air force. It's from sb.by.

According to TASS, citing a source in the air traffic control services of the European Union, the aircraft of electronic reconnaissance of the Swedish Air Force spent almost seven hours over the southern part of the Black Sea, plying from west to east and back at an altitude of about 13 kilometers. We are talking about the Gulfstream S102B Korpen, which took off from the airfield in Bucharest and flew over the sea at about 09:35.

On the eve of the board was also seen over the Black Sea, but then flew here from the Malmen military base in Sweden and cruised on a similar trajectory for just over four hours. "Both the day before and today the aircraft operated outside the corridors established for civil aviation flights, and not entering the airspace of coastal countries," the source said. The plane has now landed in the Romanian capital.

Earlier, the interlocutor of the Agency also informed that the flight of the Swedish reconnaissance aircraft in the Black sea is recorded quite rarely. However, the trajectory of its flight repeats the route of the NATO reconnaissance board Bombardier Artemis II, whose flights are regularly recorded over the water area. NATO aircraft conducts reconnaissance over the Gulf of Finland coast