The Romanian Army says that as part of a new Air Police mission that was carried out over Romania's skies, Romanian Air Force fighter jets escorted a Turkish Airlines plane flying from Moscow to Istanbul until it left the country's airspace.
The Romanian Army says that this mission was carried out after a bomb alert was announced on board the aircraft, and this is the second incident of this kind in just a week, and it is not excluded that we will see others in the following period.
"A new real Air Police mission executed by the Romanian Air Force
Romanian Air Force aircraft, located in the Air Police Combat Service, executed today, March 22, a new air police mission in the national airspace to intercept and escort a civilian aircraft operating the Turkish Airlines flight from Moscow to Istanbul, following the informing of the civil air traffic authorities about a bomb alert on board the aircraft.
The Romanian aircraft took off at 17:58 local time and, after interception, escorted the civilian aircraft, in accordance with the legislation and procedures in force, until 18:24, when it left the national airspace.
The mission, ordered by the NATO Air Operations Center (CAOC) Torrejon and coordinated at the national level by the Reporting and Control Center of the Air Component Command, in coordination with the civil air traffic authorities, was executed in conditions of maximum safety."
