article_snippet: The disruption is believed to have occurred during the same February 18 incident in which British RAF Typhoon fighters were scrambled to escort two Russian bear bombers identified flying close to British airspace.
article_snippet: A file picture showing a Russian bear bomber being escorted by an RAF jet.
article_snippet: The two Typhoons, armed with air-to-air missiles, were launched from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire after the Russian bombers were spotted at 6.30pm.
article_snippet: Footage released on Russian TV shows the moment two RAF jets escort the Russian bomber last month .
article_snippet: Feb 18: RAF jets scrambled after two Russian Bear bombers spotted off the coast of Cornwall, forcing a flight from Dublin to divert.
article_snippet: Jan 28: RAF fighters challenge two Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear missiles south of Bournemouth.
article_snippet: Oct 2014: RAF Typhoon warplanes shadow two Bears as Oct 2014: RAF Typhoon warplanes fly down the west coast of Scotland.
article_snippet: That incident came after one of the huge Cold War-era Tu-95 planes was spotted in the skies off the coast of Bournemouth in January.
highlights_snippet: Disruption occurred on day RAF jets intercepted bear bombers last month .
  