
The US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft Bombardier ARTEMIS II spent more than seven hours over the neutral waters of the Black Sea on Sunday, October 11, cruising from west to east at an altitude of 10.5 km without entering the airspace of coastal countries.
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NATO reconnaissance aircraft regularly fly over the Black Sea to monitor activity in the region, including areas near the Kaliningrad region and the Baltic countries.
A US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Black Sea for more than seven hours on Sunday, October 11. TASS writes about this with reference to a source in air traffic control services.
We are talking about the Bombardier ARTEMIS II model. The plane was spotted over the neutral waters of the Black Sea; all the time it spent there it flew from west to east and back in the southern part of the water area. The vessel operated at an altitude of 10.5 kilometers, did not enter the airspace of any country and did not use civil aviation corridors.
According to the source, this aircraft is based in Constanta, Romania, and usually departs from the local airfield on weekdays to areas over the Black Sea, the Baltic countries or the Kaliningrad region. There are almost no flights on weekends. The plane has already flown over the Black Sea this week.

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