{"id":2973,"date":"2014-12-14T08:47:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T13:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2014-12-14T08:47:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T13:47:49","slug":"moscow-to-sweden-alleged-colliding-jet-70km-from-civil-route-used-nato-tactics-rt-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2973","title":{"rendered":"Moscow to Sweden: Alleged &#8216;colliding&#8217; jet 70km from civil route, used NATO tactics \u2014 RT News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/214259-russian-aircraft-incident-deception\/\">Moscow to Sweden: Alleged &#8216;colliding&#8217; jet 70km from civil route, used NATO tactics \u2014 RT News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry has dismissed Sweden\u2019s accusation that an unresponsive Russian military aircraft nearly collided with a passenger plane over the Baltic Sea. The ministry added that NATO planes in the area also have their transponders turned off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\"><a style=\"vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition-property: color, text-decoration; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s, 0.5s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial, initial; -webkit-transition-delay: initial, initial; color: #044faa; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/213831-baltic-states-military-buildup\/\">READ MORE: Retraining reservists and rearming! Baltic countries got bellicose over \u2018Russian threat\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">The Russian aircraft in question was 70 kilometers away from the flight path of a passenger jet taking off from Copenhagen, and thus there were\u00a0<em style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">&#8220;no prerequisites&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0for collision between the two, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. He also denied allegations that the military jet was flying right above southern Sweden, breaching its airspace.<br \/>\n<em style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><br \/>\n\u201cThe flight was in strict accordance with international laws on the use of airspace and did not violate state borders while remaining at a safe distance from the routes of civil aircrafts,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Konashenkov said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:WordDocument>\n  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin\/>\n <\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: LucidaGrande; color: #282828;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\"><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow to Sweden: Alleged &#8216;colliding&#8217; jet 70km from civil route, used NATO tactics \u2014 RT News. Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry has dismissed Sweden\u2019s accusation that an unresponsive Russian military aircraft nearly collided with a passenger plane over the Baltic Sea. The ministry added that NATO planes in the area also have their transponders turned off. 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