A US scout aircraft with the call sign was noticed above the Black Sea. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the PLANERADAR portal, the plane produced a reconnaissance flight near the shores of Crimea.
According to the message, the aircraft of the American Air Force of 38th RS / 55th WG, Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint rose into the sky from the base on the island of Crete, explorations of the situation in the Black Sea Border of Russia. After flights from the Russian Black Sea border, he began a reconnaissance flight along the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and then crossed the air border of Georgia.
On the eve of the media reported that on December 3, the passenger liner, who followed the route Tel Aviv – Moscow, had to change the direction over the Black Sea to avoid dangerous rapprochement with the American intelligence aircraft. According to RIA Novosti, this information was confirmed in Rosaviation.