“On August 7, 2019, the pilot of an aircraft of the Russian airline Globus Boeing-738 REG-VQBMG, performing flight GLP636 from the city of Bari (Italy) to the city of Moscow (Russia), in connection with the bypass of active thunderstorm activity, received permission to use the airspace of Ukraine” , - the state air traffic services Facebook company said in a statement.
It is clarified that the incident occurred in the area of responsibility of the Lviv regional dispatch center.
The Ukrainian state-owned enterprise specified that permission was issued due to the risk of a possible emergency during a flight amid thunderstorm clouds over Ukraine, Poland and Belarus.
“We acted in accordance with international standards ... flight safety in the airspace of Ukraine remains a priority,” the company emphasized.
The Russian plane was in the Ukrainian airspace for 26 minutes.