Czech Gripens Took Off for an Aircraft that Lost Contact with Air Traffic
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Two Czech Jas-39 Gripen fighter jets scrambled to intercept a small civilian aircraft that had lost contact with air traffic control on Monday. They escorted the struggling Cessna to an airport in Krakow, Poland.
"Air operations in parts of Polish airspace, near the airports in Krakow and Katowice, were suspended today for approximately 30 minutes due to military activity," the agency reported on Monday. READ ALSO: Desert crash. Four Germans dead. The agency added that the military activity was related to the need to assist the pilot of a Cessna 185 aircraft, which lost radio contact with local services in Slovakia while flying from Hungary to Suwałki. "…
Czech Jas-39 Gripen fighter jets escorted a small civilian plane to the airport in Krakow, Poland, on Monday after it lost contact with air traffic control. This was reported by Polish media such as the Rzeczpospolita server and RMF24 radio, according to which the airports in Krakow and Katowice had to temporarily suspend operations due to the situation. ČTK is investigating the statement of the Czech military.
For half an hour on Monday afternoon, passenger traffic at the Kraków-Balice and Katowice-Pyrzowice airports was completely suspended. The decision to close the areas was made by the Ministry of National Defense, TVN24 reports.
Over Krakow, Poland, airspace was temporarily closed and civil aviation flights were diverted due to a loss of communication with a small private jet.
Airports in Kraków and Katowice suspended operations for several minutes after radio contact with one of the small civilian aircraft was lost.
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