"The plane flew smoothly.

He did not attempt to escape and landed at Bohot Airport.

There have been no attempts whatsoever to sabotage our mission in the air."

This is what Brigadier General Nikolay Rusev, commander of the "Graf Ignatievo" airbase, told bTV about the new case of a small aircraft trespassing in our airspace.

The Bulgarian Air Force intercepted and landed a small Chesna-150 aircraft yesterday evening, the Ministry of Defense announced.

The machine was located by the ground means of air defense in the area of ​​the town of Svishtov, at an altitude of 600 meters.

The aircraft was found to have entered our airspace without a flight plan and without the transponder code on.

Fighters from our base in "Graf Ignatievo" were activated and the plane was landed near Pleven.

Aviation expert Angel Borisov commented to bTV that this is another attempt to test our airspace and NATO's airspace.

According to gen.

However, Rusev may be losing his bearings and we are hardly being tested.

He does not know details about the pilot - whether he is Bulgarian or a foreign citizen.

The commander of the "Graf Ignatievo" air base confirmed that the mission to intercept the offending aircraft was carried out by two young pilots.

One is the youngest MiG-29 pilot, said Gen.

Rusev.