The plane, supposedly owned by Russian Federation, violated Japan airspace for 7 times on Wednesday evening.
Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs lodged a protest to Russian Embassy in Tokyo and demanded immediate investigation of the incident.
Japan appealed to Russian side to exclude a possibility of such violations. According to the report of Japan Ministry of Interior Affairs, Russia promised to investigate the causes of airspace violations.
By data of Japan Ministry of Interior Affairs, violations of national airspace were registered near Hokkaido island from 19:03 to 19:33 by local time (13:03 and 13:33 by Moscow time). 6 airplanes F-16 of Japan Navy flew by alarm and sent warning signals to the trespasser.
According to tentative information, the plane is owned by Russian coastguard service and pursued the ship, which violated Russian legislation.
sections: Accidents, Region News regions: Far East region |