MUMBAI: A Jet Airways Mumbai-London flight lost communications with Germany's air traffic controls on ground while flying over the country's airspace, leading the German air force to scramble two jets after itIn military parlance, scrambling is the act of quickly getting military aircraft airborne to react to an immediate threat, usually to intercept hostile aircraft.The incident happened on Thursday. A video showing two German military planes chasing after the Jet aircraft has surfaced and started doing the rounds of social networking site Twitter.In a statement, Jet said communications were restored "within a few minutes" and the flight "with 330 guests and 15 crew subsequently landed at London without incident,""Jet Airways has duly reported the matter to the concerned authorities including the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation). As part of the standard process, the flight crew of 9W 118 has been de-rostered pending investigation," it said in the statement.In 2014, a Jet London-Mumbai flight was reported missing for more than 30 minutes over the German airspace. This caused the country's aviation authorities to complain to the DGCA.

Source: Economic Times February 19, 2017 11:57 UTC