US EditionClose Call: Russian Military Nearly Fires on Aeroflot Boeing 737 After Mistaking It for a Drone
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian air defense fires on a civilian airliner
Russian air defense fired on a civilian airliner bound from Minsk in Belarus to Moscow. Fly the friendly skies. Ukraine struck at Russia’s aviation manufacturing facility. A major gas pipeline exploded in the middle of nowhere in Siberia. A bevy of...
Close call: Russian military nearly fires on Aeroflot Boeing 737 after mistaking it for a drone
Russian Social media channels have been abuzz with claims that a Russian Aerospace Defense team reportedly confused an Aeroflot passenger plane with a drone near Sheremetyevo Airport, putting the aircraft in jeopardy. An audio recording of the incident was shared, highlighting the tense cockpit conversations as the defense unit targeted the civilian aircraft, mistakenly identifying it as a drone. During the episode, where Russian military forces…
An anti-aircraft missile fired at a passenger plane near Moscow, the tragedy was over in minutes
Russians mistakenly opened fire on their own passenger plane. The missile defense system crew identified the plane, flying from Minsk, as one of the Ukrainian combat drones. Russian journalist Aleksandr Nevzorov provided details of the incident, citing his own sources. None of the crew or passengers were injured.
A Russian air defense system opened fire on a passenger plane approaching Moscow Airport. The operators thought it was a Ukrainian drone, journalist Alexander Nevzorov reported.
A Russian journalist says an Aeroflot flight from Minsk to Moscow was shot down by an air defense unit hunting drones. The plane reportedly escaped with minor damage and no one on board was injured.
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