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Sunday, August 03, 2014

U.S. spy plane avoids dangerous run in with Russian jet by flying into Sweden's airspace without permission

RC-135 Rivet JointA U.S. Air Force spy plane avoided a run-in with the Russian military just one day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a suspected missile allegedly fired by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

CNN reports that the RC-125 Five Joint evaded the Russians by flying into Swedish airspace without Sweden’s permission.

The plane may have traveled into other countries' airspace as well and it's unclear as to whether the plane had permission to do so.

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