NATO Plane Circles Black Sea for Six Hours
On August 18, flights of three reconnaissance aircraft from NATO countries were recorded in the airspace of the Kaliningrad region, Poland, and Lithuania, and over the waters of the Baltic Sea.
Consensus
- Bombardier Artemis II is a NATO reconnaissance aircraft.
- The aircraft has been flying over the southern part of the Black Sea since early September.
- The flight has lasted approximately six hours.
- The aircraft operates at an altitude above 10.5 kilometers.
- The aircraft is based in Constanta, Romania.
- The aircraft performs flights nearly every day.
- The aircraft has previously operated in the Baltic Sea region, including near Kaliningrad.
- The aircraft does not enter the airspace of countries other than Romania.
- The aircraft maneuvers near the Ukrainian border while remaining within Romanian airspace.
- The aircraft does not use civilian air corridors.
Points of divergence
- The aircraft lost contact with its base over the Black Sea prior to the current flight. — vesti
- The aircraft's transponder was previously detected in the airspace over Bulgaria before the loss of contact. — vesti
- The aircraft was observed over Estonia and Latvia on August 22, near the Russian border. — vedomosti
- On August 18, three NATO reconnaissance aircraft were detected over the Baltic Sea region near Kaliningrad, including Bombardier Artemis II. — vedomosti
- On August 10, the aircraft was observed conducting a circular flight around the Kaliningrad region. — vedomosti
Coverage (4 sources)
- Dispatchers reported on reconnaissance flight of NATO over the Black Sea — Вести
- NATO conducts aerial reconnaissance over the Black Sea, TASS source in EU air traffic control services reported. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- NATO plane circles over the Black Sea for about six hours — Вести
- NATO reconnaissance plane circles over the Black Sea for the sixth hour — Ведомости