more-inMumbai: The German Air Force on Thursday scrambled two fighter jets to intercept a Jet Airways aircraft that had lost communication with the local Air Traffic Control (ATC) while on its way to London from Mumbai. What caused the communication snap is still not known, but the scrambling was suspended and the fighter jets were disengaged once contact was restored by the Jet Airways pilots. Confirming the incident a Jet Airways spokesperson said, “Contact between Jet Airways flight 9W 118, from Mumbai to London Heathrow, of February 16, 2017, and the local ATC, was briefly lost while flying over German airspace.”“Communication,” the spokesperson added, “was safely restored within a few minutes. According to him a British Airways plane was trailing this flight and the pilot managed to capture the footage on his mobile camera. Jet Airways said it has reported the matter to the concerned authorities including the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Source: The Hindu February 19, 2017 19:04 UTC