The Civil Aviation Authority provides details on the decision to close the airspace of the Republic of Moldova for more than three hours, saying that the measure was taken after the Ministry of Defense announced from Bucharest that “an object was detected in the area of ​​the city of Soroka of an unidentified small the size of a balloon,” writes desdechi.md.

The Civil Aviation Authority specified that the information from the Romanian Ministry of Defense was received around 12:30 p.m.

• “Thus, taking into account the weather conditions and the impossibility of monitoring and identifying the object, as well as the trajectory of its flight, in order to ensure the safety and security of citizens, as part of the Interagency Commission on Airspace Organization, which includes representatives of the Min. The Ministry of Defence, the Civil Aviation Authority, MoldATSA and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development decided to temporarily close the airspace at 13:24.
• After checking the information and making sure that there is no threat to the safety of citizens, at the request of the Ministry of Defense, the airspace was restored at 2:46 p.m.
• The national authorities acted strictly in accordance with the provisions of the specific procedures applicable to such situations,” said the Civil Aviation Authority of Chisinau, quoted by deschide.md.

The institution notes that flights are currently being carried out in safe conditions.

An unknown balloon-like object was discovered over the southeast of Romania

Such a balloon was also found in Romania.

The Ministry of Defense announced that the air surveillance system of the Romanian Air Force detected around 12:30 a.m. “a small aerial target, with evolutionary characteristics similar to a balloon, which was evolving at an altitude of about 11,000 meters at the national space airline in the southeast of Romania.”

The authorities announced that they had applied all standard procedures since the object was detected, and two Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR aircraft from the NATO-led Air Police Combat Service took off from the 86th Feteşti Air Base around 12:00:00 40 hours. heading to the area of ​​the air target signal.

• “The crews of the two planes did not confirm the presence of the air target either visually or on the onboard radars. The planes stayed in the area for about 30 minutes to fully clarify the air situation, after which they returned to the airbase,” the Ministry of Defense reported.
• “The Romanian Air Force, in cooperation with the Joint Forces, constantly monitors the national airspace and the territory nearby,” MApN reports.