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British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said that after the shooting incident over the Black Sea on September 29, he discussed the incident with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu.
He stated that the cause was a technical malfunction.
We are talking about a British RC-135 River Joint reconnaissance aircraft that performed routine patrols over the Black Sea. It was intercepted by Russian Su-27 fighters. This happens quite often. However, this time one of the Russian planes “fired a missile near the RC-135 River Joint without visual contact with the target.”
The incident lasted 19 minutes, after which the British aircraft returned to base. Patrolling was soon resumed, but now accompanied by fighters.