Two Tu-95 bombers flew into Irish airspace with transponders turned off before RAF saw them off
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 – 10:51am
Two Russian bombers flying in Irish-controlled airspace forced a commercial plane carrying hundreds of people to divert in mid-air and delayed another plane’s take-off from Dublin airport.
The Tu-95 bombers, which flew just 46km off the coast with their transponders turned off, “criss-crossed into major civilian airline traffic lanes” on 18 February, reports the Irish Examiner.
The bombers are believed to be the …read more
Source: The Week
