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European Union VIDEO-Norwegian F16 Jet's Near Miss with Russian MiG

Too Close for Comfort: Norwegian Fighter Jet Captures the Hair-Raising Moment he Nearly Collided Mid-Air with a Russian MiG

  • Video shows Russian jet flashing into view just 65ft from Norwegian plane
  • Norwegian F-16 pilot shouts 'what the hell?!' before veering sharply away
  • Near miss adds to mounting tensions between NATO states and Moscow
  • NATO reported 400 intercepts of Russian jets this year - up 50% on 2013
Daily Mail UK, 3 December 2014


Dramatic footage has emerged showing a Norwegian air force pilot being forced into an emergency manoeuvre to avoid a mid-air crash with a Russian fighter jet.

In the video, released by Norway's military, one of its pilots shouts 'What the hell?!' before veering away sharply as the Russian MiG-31 flashes into view, just 65 feet from the F-16.


'The Russian pilot's behaviour was not quite normal,' said Norwegian armed forces spokesman Brynjar Stordal about the 26-second film clip released on Sunday.

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Near miss: Footage released by the Norwegian military shows one of its fighter pilots being forced to swerve out of the way of a Russian MiG jet (bottom right) which flashes into view just 65 feet from the F-16






Evasive action: The Norwegian pilot shouts 'What the hell?!' before veering away sharply in the latest incident involving hundreds of other recent near misses with aggressive Russian fighter pilots




Norwegian fighter pilot's close encounter with Russian MiG





The incident has added to mounting tensions between Russia and NATO member states in recent months, underlined by claims of other recent near misses with Russian military jets.

'We don't know if it was a miscalculation or if he deliberately put himself in the path of our F-16,' said Stordal, adding that Norway's armed forces had informed Russia that the incident was 'undesirable'.


The close encounter occurred in international airspace 'north of Norway' but the armed forces did not say when.

Unlike neighbouring non-aligned Sweden, Norway - a NATO member - has not reported any airspace incursions by Russia in recent years and gauges the level of Russian air force activity in the area as 'pretty normal or a little more' than usual.





A Russian MiG fighter plane like the one involved in the near miss with the Norwegian air force jet






Long-standing threat: A picture taken by the Royal Norwegian Airforce in July 2007 shows a Russian strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-95MS being escorted by a Norwegian F-16 while flying in international air space






In the video, released by Norway's military, one of its pilots shouts 'What the hell?!' before veering away sharply as the Russian MiG-31 flashes into view, just 65 feet from the Norwegian F-16. File picture



So far this year, Norway has scrambled its air force 43 times to identify 69 Russian planes, compared to 41 incidents involving 58 planes in 2013.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said last month that the alliance had reported 400 intercepts of Russian military flights so far this year - a 50 per cent increase compared to 2013.

He complained that Russian jets flying without sharing their flight plans posed a danger to commercial air traffic.


U.S. Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute also revealed 'multiple incidents' where Russian military aircraft had not filed flight plans nor spoken to civilian air traffic controllers and had turned off transponders that send information about the plane.







'Danger to air traffic': NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (above) said last month that the alliance had reported 400 intercepts of Russian military flights so far this year - a 50 per cent increase compared to 2013




This made the planes virtually invisible to air traffic controllers, he told a news conference.

'These Russian actions are irresponsible, pose a threat to civilian aviation and demonstrate that Russia is flagrantly violating international norms,' he said.

Britain also voiced concern about Russian probing of its air space.

In late October, NATO said its aircraft tracked Russian strategic bombers over the Atlantic and Black Sea and sorties of fighters over the Baltic.

At sea, too, Russia has been more active, leading one NATO commander to draw comparisons with Cold War behaviour.


A squadron of Russian warships entered the English Channel on Friday.


Norwegian F16 Fighter Pilot's Close Encounter with Russian MiG

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