Comment Tell A Friend Print Format Save Article The Finnish Defense Ministry said in a statement that a Russian Ilyushin-76 military cargo plane violated Finnish airspace on Friday morning.



The statement added the plane had penetrated Finnish airspace to a depth of about 4.5 kilometers at about 10:35 a.m. local time on Friday and was in Finnish airspace for a few minutes.



Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said Friday that airspace violation must not happen, adding he wanted Russia to explain the latest one.



Finnish Frontier Guard has begun an investigation into the incident.



Finnish Defense Minister Jyri Hakamies told Finnish media that the matter would be dealt with between Finnish and Russian authorities.



Airspace violations by Russian aircraft have been detected in August 2005 and again in April 2006.



Source: Xinhua