Russian jet barrel rolls over an American plane over the Baltic Sea | Daily Mail Online
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A Russian jet spiraled dangerously close to an American plane over the Baltic Sea earlier this week.
The plane, a Russian SU-27, performed a barrel roll over a US RC-135 in international airspace, the US European Command told CNN on Saturday.
The Russian jet began its course on the left side of the American reconnaissance plane, then went over it while spiraling on itself and finished on the right side.
Russia’s aircraft ’performed erratic and aggressive maneuvers’ on Thursday during a routine flight, European Command spokesman Danny Hernandez told CNN.
Hernandez said the RC-135 had been intercepted by the SU-27 ’in an unsafe and unprofessional manner’.
The Russian jet flew just 50 feet away from the American’s plane wing tip, he added.
The American plane didn’t enter Russian territory during the flight, according to Hernandez.
’The unsafe and unprofessional actions of a single pilot have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions between countries,’ Hernandez told CNN.
The US has complained about the incident to the Russian government.
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#unnecessarily => nous quand on fait ce genre de trucs, on a de bonnes raisons