Russia admits violation of Finnish airspace
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On Friday of last week, an Ilyushin Il-76 strategic airlifter belonging to the Russian armed forces flew for a couple of minutes in Finnish airspace above the Gulf of Finland, just south of the coastal town of Porvoo.
According to the given account the violation of Finnish airspace happened by accident. It was caused by inadequate communication between the airplane crew and ground control. This, in turn, was due to technical difficulties.
According to Rumyantsev, Russia apologises for what happened. Ambassador Rumyantsev also proposed talks between Estonian, Russian, and Finnish specialists in order to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
Kanerva said he was satisfied with the explanation, especially because it came so quickly and because Russia also suggested additional measures to stop such violations from recurring.
"This proves that Russia took seriously Finland’s demands of sorting out why the violation occurred", Kanerva said.
Rumyantsev reported that Russia looked into the matter, among other things, based on the data presented by Finland.
In 2005 , Russian military planes violated Finnish airspace no less than eleven times in the space of just over six months. The violations became less frequent after Finland issued a diplomatic note saying that any future violations would be made public.
Russia has admitted it violated Finnish airspace last week. On Thursday, the Russian Ambassador to Helsinki Aleksandr Rumyantsev presented an oral account of what went on to the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ilkka Kanerva (Nat. Coalition).On Friday of last week, an Ilyushin Il-76 strategic airlifter belonging to the Russian armed forces flew for a couple of minutes in Finnish airspace above the Gulf of Finland, just south of the coastal town of Porvoo.the violation of Finnish airspace happened by accident. It was caused by inadequate communication between the airplane crew and ground control. This, in turn, was due to technical difficulties.According to Rumyantsev, Russia apologises for what happened. Ambassador Rumyantsev also proposed talks between Estonian, Russian, and Finnish specialists in order to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.Kanerva said he was satisfied with the explanation, especially because it came so quickly and because Russia also suggested additional measures to stop such violations from recurring.that Russia took seriously Finland’s demands of sorting out why the violation occurred", Kanerva said.Rumyantsev reported that Russia looked into the matter, among other things, based on the data presented by Finland., Russian military planes violated Finnish airspace no less than eleven times in the space of just over six months. The violations became less frequent after Finland issued a diplomatic note saying that any future violations would be made public.
Previously in HS International Edition:
Russian plane violates Finnish airspace again in Gulf of Finland (8.8.2005)
Links:
Ilyushin Il-76 (Wikipedia)
Helsingin Sanomat
Archivo:IL76_Landing_Roll.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ilyushin Il-76.


El Kremlin ha admitido y se ha disculado por una violación del espacio aéreo de Finlandia con un transporte aéreo táctico la semana pasada.

Un Ilyushin Il-76 de Rusia estuvo alrededor de tres minutos en espacio finés cerca de Porvoo penetrando por 4,5 kilómetros en espacio restringido el 14 de septiembre.

El Primer Ministro de Finlandia, Matti Vanhanen, respondió al incidente diciendo que tales violaciones no deberían ocurrir, y demandó una explicación a Rusia.

De acuerdo a discusiones este jueves entre Alexander Rumyantsev, emabajador ruso en Finlandia, y al Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Finlandia, Ilkka Kanerva, el incidente ha sido investigado completamente por Rusia.

Rusia lo ha descrito como un accidente diciendo que la conclusión de sus investigaciones fue que la incursión ocurrió debido a una falla en la comunicación entre la tripulación de Il-76 y el control del tráfico aéreo, causado para problemas técnicos.

Rusia ha propuesto charlas expertas con Finlandia y Estonia para prevenir futuros incidentes de esta índoles.

Kanerva además expresó su satisfacción con la explicación y su aprobación de la idea de las discusiones.