Sweden: Russian Military Jet Nearly Collided With A Passenger Plane

Russian Su-34 Fullback strike aircraft (front) is seen escorted by a Norwegian Air Force jet, October 31, 2014

Russian Military Aircraft Nearly Collides Mid-Air With Passenger Jet Over Sweden After 'Outright Dangerous' Decision To Switch Off Its Transponders -- Daily Mail

* The commercial flight was immediately ordered to change course
* Swedish fighter jets identified the plane as Russian intelligence plane
* In March a Russian plane came within 300 feet of an SAS plane
* And in October Sweden launched a hunt for a submarine in the Baltic Sea

For the second time this year, a Russian military aircraft turned off its transponders to avoid commercial radar and nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden, officials have revealed.

Swedish authorities yesterday said a Russian military aircraft nearly collided above southern Sweden with a commercial passenger jet that had taken off on Friday from Copenhagen.

Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist told a local radio station: 'This is serious. This is inappropriate. This is outright dangerous when you turn off the transponder.'

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More News On Reports That A Russian Military Jet Nearly Collided With A Passenger Plane Over Sweden

Sweden: Russian aircraft nearly collides with passenger jet -- USA Today/AP
Russian military jet nearly collides with passenger plane - again -- Deutsche Welle
Russian Military Jet Nearly Collides With Passenger Plane -- Radio Free Europe
Copenhagen flight nearly hit by Russian military jet -- The Local
'Foreign military aircraft' nearly collides with passenger plane over Sweden -- Independent.ie

Update: Russia is denying Swedish claims that a there was a "close call" .... Russia rejects Sweden minister statement on Russian warplane spotted in air space (ITAR-TASS).