Press Service Informs

On 28 June 2013, Belarus’ Border Service registered the violation of the state’s border by the small-size aerial vehicle, which came from the territory of Lithuania and passed 3 km to the north of Grodno.

Having received the information, Air Force and Air Defence were immediately set ready.

The results of identification allowed classifying the vehicle as a civilian one.

A duty officer of the Air Force and Air Defence command post requested flight information on the aircraft in the border area from the Lithuania’s Centre for Airspace Control and flight control officer of Minsk region. As the result, he got the information on the request to conduct a flight of the Eurocopter-120 helicopter on the Vilnius –Warsaw route, departure time – 10:00.

Air Force and Air Defence did not use force against the violator due to the received information, severe weather conditions for civilian aircraft and desire to save the human life.

The information was transmitted to Belarus’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs for taking a decision on the accident.