China News Service, October 10. According to a report by the TASS news agency on the 9th, Tamara Lawrence, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy in Europe-Africa Command, said that the U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane was in the planned flight situation, and soon after an emergency occurred. Appeared at the site of the damage to the "North Stream" natural gas pipeline, and has nothing to do with the "North Stream" pipeline leakage accident.
Lawrence explained, "The US P-8A 'Poseidon' maritime patrol reconnaissance aircraft, which tracking data shows, completed routine maritime reconnaissance flights in the Baltic Sea, had nothing to do with the 'North Stream' pipeline leak. US Sixth Fleet aircraft often Take off and complete the flight from allied bases to improve efficiency and compatibility.”
"The U.S. Navy was not involved in the 'North Stream' pipeline leak," Lawrence added when asked if the flight was somehow related to the incident.
According to a previous Reuters report, a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane flew near the sea area where the "North Stream" natural gas pipeline leaked within hours of the incident.
According to flight data, a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol reconnaissance plane from Iceland flew over the North Sea when seismologists recorded an underwater explosion in the Baltic Sea.
The aircraft also made two normal laps over Poland before heading towards the Baltic gas pipeline area.
The aircraft approached the accident site 24 kilometers and 4 kilometers at different times.