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Monitoring of gas leakage in Nord Stream. Photograph of the spacecraft. File photoMOSCOW, Oct. 7 An American reconnaissance aircraft flew over the emergency area on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline several hours after the incident, Reuters reports, citing the studied information about the movements of equipment. Departed from Iceland the P-8A Poseidon aircraft was over the North Sea when the gas pipeline exploded, before that it made two circles over Poland, and then headed to the Baltic in the area where Nord Stream 2 lies. The US Navy told the agency that the flight was not connected with Emergency on gas pipelines. At the same time, analysts who studied the flight data found that American planes at different times approached the accident area by 24 and 4 kilometers. During September, American military helicopters regularly flew near the island of Bornholm, circling for hours over the water area where the gas pipelines lie. The Pentagon refused to comment on this information. A gas leak on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines was discovered on September 26 in four places at once. According to Nord Stream AG, the operator, the accident is unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the timeframe for repairs. The German and Danish authorities did not rule out sabotage as the cause of the emergency. The FSB of Russia opened a criminal case under the article «an act of international terrorism».