“What is happening in Kaunas that the helicopter is circling in the center?” asked the reader. About 2 hours of such questions from Kaunas. there was more at night – the helicopter was spotted not only in the center of Kaunas.
“What’s going on in Alexot?” It’s been 15 minutes. the sound of helicopters doesn’t stop,” wrote a Kaunian at night.
Another man also observed the helicopter in Kaunas district, Lapia town.
“Around 2:20-2:50 a.m. At night, over Neris, near Lapės, a helicopter was flying very low and was looking for something with a searchlight. 2:50 a.m. already flew away from the river. It flew very loudly towards Jonava and back. I wonder what happened…” – asked the reader.
As the public relations specialist of the Air Force, gr. Margarita Melinytė, the Mi-8T helicopter of the Military Air Force carried out the air support of the exercise of the Public Security Service (VST) at night.
“The searchlight is used during take-off and landing in order to illuminate obstacles at the landing or take-off site for safety reasons,” explained Gr. M. Melinytė.
She also added that one of the peacetime tasks of the Air Force is to provide support to other state institutions and strengthen cooperation together.
2024-08-17 22:05:38