Two planes of the British Air Force threatened to shoot down an aircraft owned by the state of Latvia, and as reported by Rasha Today, they used supersonic speed and on several occasions intercepted the direction of movement of the cargo plane.
The decision to enter the near-real confrontation in the skies was made by British air traffic control after the Latvian plane failed to respond to calls to identify itself, causing panic over southern England. "I have received instructions from Her Majesty's Government to warn you that you may be shot down if you do not respond to our demands," was the message that was relayed to the crew of the Latvian cargo plane. Panic was also created among citizens, who wrote on social networks about the loud noise produced by planes, which caused additional fear. "In order to be able to react quickly, the planes are allowed to fly at supersonic speed and this is the reason for the big noise," said the RAF spokesman. Nevertheless, the communication between the pilots was achieved after threats to shoot it down, and then in the early hours of the morning, the Latvian plane was "escorted" to the London airport, where the crew members were questioned. "It was determined that everything was in order and the communication error was due to a change in jurisdiction in the airspace," Essex Police spokeswoman Emma Thomas said. In the light of the previously stated statements that Russian planes have increased their activity over Europe, at the first moment there was information that there was an aircraft of the Russian army over England, and then that wording was changed to "a Russian-made plane".
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