NATO Scrambles Fighters After Communication Failure Involving Israeli Passenger Flight over Hungary
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NATO triggered on Thursday the highest level of air defence alert after Hungary mobilized fighter planes to intercept an Israeli passenger plane that failed to establish contact with air traffic controllers while...
He did not contact air traffic control, two Gripens took off from Kecskemét.
The crew of an Airbus A-321 passenger plane heading from Tel Aviv to Prague failed to report to air traffic control over Hungarian territory on Thursday. Two Gripens were therefore scrambled from Kecskemét Airport to escort the civilian aircraft before it left Hungarian airspace.
The plane did not contact Hungarian air traffic control, and Hungarian fighter jets escorted it to the airspace border.
NATO scrambles fighters after communication failure involving Israeli passenger flight over Hungary
A brief airspace security incident over Hungary prompted NATO’s highest air-defence alert activation after an Israeli passenger aircraft temporarily lost contact with air traffic control while transiting Hungarian airspace. The aircraft, an Airbus A321neo operated on an Arkia scheduled service from Tel Aviv to Prague, reportedly failed to establish communication with Hungarian air traffic services, […]
NATO activated the highest level of air alert on Thursday after an Israeli passenger aircraft lost contact with traffic controllers in Hungary's airspace.
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