He noted that the aircraft as a rule circles the sea two or three times and then returns to its home airfield, which takes approximately two to three hours. According to him, the aircraft’s flight for more than six hours in this area is "quite a rare occurrence." Moreover, the aircraft turns around not over Romania, as usual, but over neutral waters in the airspace sector controlled by Bulgaria and Turkey. He did not specify what might be the reason for the reconnaissance aircraft’s unusually long operation, but recalled that the aircraft had been spotted in the Black Sea several times over the past month. In particular, its flight was recorded in the area on Wednesday and Friday, July 22 and July 24.