Reconnaissance, U.S. air force nearly collided with passenger plane
The details of the incident with the American spy plane near our borders open managers. Reconnaissance, U.S. air force flew at altitudes intended for civilian aircraft. To prevent the tragedy was possible thanks to the skill of the Khabarovsk controllers.
An unidentified aircraft at an altitude of 11 km and a Mysterious mark on the radar screen surrounded by other points - passenger Airliners. 335-th echelon is designed for regular civilian flights. Attempts to contact the unknown aircraft Board ignored. Next to the American reconnaissance RC - 135 were 2 passenger liner. One followed in Switzerland, the other in the Netherlands.
Maxim Serkov that day was a senior Manager. The situation in the air threat. In order to separate the planes height of time he had to spare. Spy aircraft were flying so close to the civilian aircraft that the crew of the Swiss side saw him not even on the radar screen, and glass Windows. The scout was flying over the neutral waters of the sea of Japan. But it is the responsibility of the Russian air traffic controllers.
According to experts, climbing to the civilian echelon, the Americans wanted to complicate the task of detection. From RC - 135 ceiling height of 15 km, and it could rise on the international track, and down below. As a result of unprofessional actions of the us military there was a real danger of collision with passenger aircraft.