Neither Avinor nor the airport manager in Kirkenes can tell news what was the reason why the plane turned back after it had left Norway and was on its way into Russia. The plane was on its way from San Francisco to Dubai, a route that normally goes over the North Calotte. (It does not make sense on a normal flat map with the equator in the middle, but a globe shows why it is the shortest route.) The radar tracking on the website Flightradar shows how the Airbus A380-842 aircraft changes its course even before it is out of Norwegian airspace . It takes a turn over the Kola and the fastest way out of Russia and then across the Varangerfjord. There, the plane circles the Varanger Peninsula a couple of times. Then the course is set east again. This time outside the Kola Peninsula, but further over Russian airspace. news has so far received no reliable information that could shed light on the flight pattern. It points to the fact that the airspace over the Kola Peninsula may be closed. Kola is the base for several of the long-range bombers used during the war against Ukraine. An Aeroflot flight heading north from Moscow to Apatity also had to turn around in the middle of the day on Monday before reaching the Kola Peninsula. It then circled, the tracking on Flightradar shows. Published 19.08.2024, at 13.31 Updated 19.08.2024, at 13.46
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Jetfly suddenly touched the border with Russia and took a round trip over Eastern Finnmark – news Troms and Finnmark
