20-09-2018 19:32 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Russian bomber jets intercepted over North Sea after refusing to talk to air traffic control

British and French jets were scrambled to the North Sea after two Russian bombers would not talk to British air traffic control.The four aircraft were sent to the North Sea after the Russian Blackjacks long-range bomber jets had passed through "a variety of international airspace", which had been monitored by NATO partners.An RAF Typhoon fighter jet and a supporting Airbus Voyager tanker plane were sent out from RAF Lossiemouth in northeast Scotland just before 3pm.
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