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Deutsche Welle:
https://www.dw.com/en/poland-border-gua ... a-65541526
https://kyivindependent.com/romanian-de ... black-sea/What happened during the incident?
A Polish Turbolet L-410 was flying over the Black Sea area
when a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet
"flew without any radio contact into the operational area designated by Romania,
and then performed aggressive and dangerous maneuvers," the border authority said in a statement.
The Russian aircraft allegedly made three approaches towards the Polish plane
and resulting turbulence caused the crew of five Polish border guards
to lose control of the plane and lose altitude.
"The Russian warplane flew right in front of the nose of the SG plane, crossing its flight path at a dangerous distance,"
the statement said,
adding that according to the crew's assessment the distance was about 5 meters (around 16 feet),
after which the Russian aircraft then moved away.
The Polish aircraft managed to land safely in Romania afterwards.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet intercepted an L410 Turbolet aircraft belonging to the Polish Border Guard
around 60 kilometers east of Romanian airspace
at approximately 1:20 p.m. on May 5, the Romanian National Defense Ministry said in a press statement.
As a result, the ministry said that
two aircraft from the Romanian Air Force
and two from the Spanish Air Force
designated for Air Police missions were "pre-alert"
by the NATO Combined Air Operations Center in Torrejon, Spain.
"While the four aircraft were prepared to intervene at any moment,
their intervention was not necessary," the statement added.