Russian plane takes 15,000km detour to pick diplomats

Headlines 10:59 19 Apr, 2022

Russian plane takes 15,000km detour to pick diplomats

Russian plane takes 15,000km detour to pick diplomats

A plane sent from Moscow to pick up expelled Russian diplomats from Greece and then Spain was forced to make a 15,000km detour due to a EU flight ban, Qazet.az reports according to FlightRadar24.

"While Spain and Greece made a one-time exception for the aircraft to enter their airspace, the flights navigated around other countries that maintain bans on Russian flights," the website said.