An American reconnaissance plane flies hundreds of kilometers from Crimea

The American Bombardier ARTEMIS II reconnaissance aircraft took off from the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase and headed east.

The plane is moving over the Black Sea, hundreds of kilometers from the Crimean Peninsula.

MOSCOW, October 11 - RIA Novosti. An American reconnaissance aircraft is moving hundreds of kilometers from Crimea, according to flight data studied by RIA Novosti.

The Bombardier ARTEMIS II aircraft took off from the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase in the morning and headed east. As of 10.50 Moscow time, it is moving over the Black Sea, hundreds of kilometers from the Crimean Peninsula.

The aircraft was converted from a business jet by the American company Leidos for the needs of radar reconnaissance. In its military modification it was called ARTEMIS II.