Balgarianovinite.com The Bulgarian Air Force responded to an alert about unlawful interference on board an Airbus A320, relayed by a NATO Combined Air Operations Centre, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday.
At 1357 hrs local time, the civil aircraft entered Bulgarian airspace from the international border on the River Danube. There, the Airbus A320 was intercepted by a Bulgarian MiG-29 which was scrambled from the Third Air Base at Graf Ignatievo (South Central Bulgaria) at 1354 hrs as part of an air policing mission.
The Bulgarian pilot identified, queried and escorted the aircraft across Bulgaria’s airspace.
The actions were carried out in close coordination with the Turkish Air Force, which also scrambled two F-16 fighters to take over the escort after the Airbus crossed the international border at 1414 hrs, the press release says.
Later on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry provided additional information, saying that after the airliner left Bulgarian airspace, the carrier requested its return and landing at a Bulgarian civil aircraft. The Bulgarian Air Force fighters were reactivated, the aircraft was intercepted and escorted to Burgas Airport, where it landed.
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