Finland Investigates Russian Airspace Violations, Russia Denies

Another Possible Violation of Finnish Airspace

(Source: Finland Ministry of Defence; issued Oct 07, 2016)

The Finnish air force scrambled its F-18 Hornet fighters twice in two days to investigate possible violations of its airspace and identify the intruder, in this case a Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker. (Finnish AF photo)

A second possible violation of Finnish airspace by a Russian SU-27 fighter has been detected in the Gulf of Finland, south of Porvoo, on Thursday October 6th at about 21.33 pm.

This second suspected airspace violation was similar to the one earlier the same afternoon at 4.43 pm. This was another plane.

The Air Force conducted an identification flight.

During Thursday the Russian military aviation over the Baltic Sea has been intense.

The Finnish Border Guard will investigate the matter.

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A Possible Violation of Finnish Airspace

(Source: Finland Ministry of Defence; issued Oct 06, 2016)

A possible violation of Finnish airspace by a Russian SU-27 fighter has been detected in the Gulf of Finland south of Porvoo on Thursday October 6th at about 16.43 pm.

The suspected violation of Finnish airspace continued approximately one minute, and sided Finnish airspace for about 13 kilometers at a maximum of about one-kilometer depth.

The Air Force conducted an identification flight.

The Finnish Border Guard will investigate the matter.

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Russian Defense Ministry Refutes Finland's Reports On Violation of Finnish Airspace

(Source: TASS; published October 07, 2016)

MOSCOW --- Russian Defense Ministry has refuted a report by the press service of the Finnish Defense Ministry that said a fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Force violated Finnish airspace over the Gulf of Finland earlier on Thursday.

A Sukhoi-27 jet of the Aerospace Force performed a scheduled training mission over the neutral waters of the Gulf of Finland on October 6, 2016, and did not deflect from the designated flight path, the ministry said in a press release, adding that this was confirmed by the objective air situation data.

The Finnish Defense Ministry said earlier on the same day a Russian Sukhoi-27 jet had violated Finland's airspace. The incident allegedly occurred at 16:43 East European Summer Time over the Gulf of Finland to the south of the town of Porvoo and the jet supposedly remained in Finnish airspace for about a minute.

"The aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Force has been performing all the flights in strict compliance with the international regulations for air navigation over neutral waters without breaking into other countries' airspace.

Finnish authorities have come up with statements on Russian military aircraft's alleged incursions into Finnish airspace on a number of occasions in the past.

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