Russian Jet Intercepts Polish Border Plane On Patrol Over The Black Sea

A SU-35 military jet came within five metres of the Polish plane. (Reuters: Sergei Karpukhin) 

ABC News Australia: Russian jet's 'dangerous manoeuvres' near Polish plane cause crew to lose control and altitude 

A Russian fighter jet has intercepted a Polish plane on patrol for the EU's border agency over the Black Sea, causing the pilots to temporarily lose control of the aircraft, according to Warsaw. 

According to Poland's border force, the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 plane did not make radio contact before carrying out "aggressive and dangerous manoeuvres, approaching the border guard plane three times without keeping to the required safety distance," on Sunday. 

The Polish plane, an L-410 Turbolet, experienced turbulence and the crew temporarily "lost control of the aircraft and lost altitude," the border force said.  

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WNU Editor: This incident happened on Friday. The Russian military believes these NATO/EU flights are intelligence gathering operations to assist Ukraine on what targets to hit in Crimea. Bottom line. The Russian air-force is not going to make life easy for these NATO/EU flights. 

Russian Jet Intercepts Polish Border Plane On Patrol Over The Black Sea  

Poland Border Guard says patrol intercepted by Russian jet -- DW  

Polish EU border patrol plane avoids collision with Russian jet -- Reuters  

Russian Jet Intercepts Polish Plane Over Black Sea -- AFP  

Russian Jet Intercepts Polish Plane Over Black Sea: Romania -- Defense Post  

NATO aviation alerted as Russian Su-35 intercepts Polish border plane over Black Sea -- The New Voice of Ukraine  

NATO air force put on alert due to Polish aircraft interception by Russian Su-35 -- Ukrainska Pravda  

Russian provocation: Polish gov’t spokesman on Black Sea incident -- TVP  

Spicy encounter between a Russian Su-35 and a Polish Let L-410 over the Black Sea -- Aviacionline