"The crews of Russian Su-30SM fighters from the Kursk airfield, according to radar reconnaissance, were taken into the air to force the hijacked aircraft to land," RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying.
The role of the hijacked was performed by the crew of the An-26 aircraft of the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces of Belarus.
The fighters took the hijacked aircraft to escort and forced it to land at the designated airfield.
On September 11, seven CIS states are checking the combat readiness of the joint air defense system (AA) during training.
In particular, the use of air defense forces on conventional aircraft - violators of the CIS borders will be worked out.