Russian Plane Violates Finnish Airspace

January 4, 2008

A Russian plane violated Finnish airspace on Wednesday near the coastal town of Porvoo in southern Finland, according to the ministry of defense. The ministry said a Tupolev Tu-154 flew half a kilometre into Finland’s airspace at around 11 in the morning and remained in it for about three minutes.

Reuters reported that Russia denied any airspace violation had taken place although a Russian plane had been close to the Finnish border at the time. The Russian embassy in Helsinki refused to give the Finnish News Agency (STT) a comment, but said that the matter would be thoroughly investigated.

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