Polish EU border patrol plane avoids collision with Russian jet

A Polish border guard aircraft on patrol for the European Union’s border agency Frontex over the Black Sea near Romania narrowly avoided a collision with a Russian fighter jet on Friday, Romania and Poland said.
A Russian SU-35 jet carried out “aggressive and dangerous manoeuvres” approaching the Polish aircraft without keeping a secure distance, leading to turbulence, loss of altitude and a temporary loss of control of the plane by the Polish crew, Anna Michalska, a border guard spokesperson, wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
Michalska said, “The Russian jet flew just in front of the nose of the Polish plane, crossing its trajectory at a dangerous distance, estimated by the crew at about five metres.”
Michalska added, after three approaches the Russian jet flew away. The incident took place in international airspace.
The Romanian Defence Ministry said in a press release that the Russian jet’s behaviour was completely unacceptable.