WARSAW
\nA Russian fighter jet intercepted a Polish plane patrolling for the EU\u2019s border agency over the Black Sea, causing the pilots to temporarily lose control of the aircraft, Warsaw said Sunday.
\nAccording to Poland\u2019s border force, the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 plane did not make radio contact before carrying out \u201caggressive and dangerous manoeuvres, approaching the border guard plane three times without keeping to the required safety distance\u201d.
\nThe Polish plane experienced significant turbulence and the crew temporarily \u201clost control of the aircraft and lost altitude\u201d, the statement said.
\nWarsaw said the Russian plane flew just in front of the nose of the aircraft and crossed its path at a distance of \u201caround five metres\u201d.
\nOn Saturday evening Romania\u2019s defence ministry, which first reported the incident, condemned Moscow\u2019s \u201caggressive and dangerous\u201d behaviour.
\nRomania said that the Polish border guard plane was on a routine Frontex patrol with Romanian border police Friday when it was intercepted.
\nThe Polish aircraft landed safely in Romania afterwards.
\nRomanian and Spanish planes were put on \u201cpre-alert\u201d by NATO when the incident happened, the Romanian statement added.
\nIt took place \u201cin international airspace over the Black Sea,\u201d around 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Romania\u2019s airspace, said the ministry.
\n\u201cThis incident is further evidence of the provocative approach of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea,\u201d said Bucharest.
\nContacted by AFP, the European border agency Frontex did not immediately respond.
\nThe Polish plane has been deployed in Romania from April 19 and is due to stay there until May 17, part of a Frontex operation organised by Romania that also includes Spain and Sweden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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