# NATO reconnaissance plane flies over Black Sea for nine hours, matching record

https://mins.news/en/item/127632

- TASS, 2026-11-03 18:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2212693

> A US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft spent nine hours over international waters in the Black Sea, matching its previous record. A source said it approached the Romanian-Ukrainian border area but entered no coastal country’s airspace apart from Romania.

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