Lithuanian authorities reported seven incidents last week where Russian military aircraft violated international aviation rules over the Baltic Sea. The aircraft repeatedly flew with transponders off, lacked pre-filed flight plans, and failed to maintain radio communication with air traffic control. NATO was forced to scramble fighter jets to track, identify, and intercept these Russian aircraft.
NATO fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russia n aircraft violating international aviation rules seven times last week, according to European defense officials.Lithuania's Ministry of National Defense released a report on Monday stating that Russia n military planes repeatedly flew over the Baltic Sea with their onboard transponders turned off.
Only the IL-76 had a flight plan, while all aircraft kept their onboard transponders on and maintained radio communication. December 15: NATO fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an Antonov AN-72 aircraft. The aircraft was heading from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad in international airspace. It had no flight plan, the onboard transponder was switched off, though the crew did maintain radio communication.
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