Estonia: Russian plane violates airspace
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Version 0 of 1. TALLINN, Estonia — Estonia says a Russian military aircraft violated its airspace near the island of Vaindloo (’VAIN-loo) in the Gulf of Finland. Estonia’s military said in a statement that the Russian Antonov An-26 turboprop plane entered Estonia’s airspace for less than one minute on Monday. The military said the plane had its transponders switched on and had submitted a flight plan but it failed to maintain radio contact with Estonian air navigation officials. Estonia’s Foreign Ministry issued a protest to Russia’s embassy in Tallinn over the incident, the second such intrusion this year. The island of Vaindloo is near a corridor where Russian military and cargo planes fly to get from the St. Petersburg area to the Russian outpost of Kaliningrad, which is wedged between Poland and Lithuania. Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |