On October 19–25, the NATO Baltic Air Defence Detachment was alerted in response to two violations of international flight regulations.
On October 19m NATO air defence fighter aircraft were dispatched to intercept two SU-30SM flying through international airspace from Kaliningrad and back. The crews had the onboard transponders switched off, no flight plans, and were not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
On October 20, NATO fighter jets intercepted one IL-76 flying from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad without the flight plan, but its onboard transponder was switched on and the crew was maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control.
