German fighter planes almost shot down a Jet Airways flight!
- It was a Mumbai-London flight 9W-118 which had 330 passengers along with 15 crew members onboard.
- Thankfully it happened only for a brief period when the Boeing -777 aircraft of Jet Airways was flying over Cologne.
A Jet Airways flight reportedly lost radio contact with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) while flying in the skies. The German authorities thought that it was a hijack and therefore they scrambled a couple of fighter jets. This incident happened on Thursday.
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It was a Mumbai-London flight 9W-118 which had 330 passengers along with 15 crew members onboard. Thankfully it happened only for a brief period when the Boeing -777 aircraft of Jet Airways was flying over Cologne. Â
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"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," a statement released by the Jet Airways said.
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"As a precaution, the German Air Force (GAF) scrambled its fighter jets to ensure the safety of the flight and its passengers."
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The communication was restored quickly and it landed safely wherever it had to land. It could have been a huge mishap that was avoided. The German fighter jets could have shot down the aircraft with all the passengers in it taking no risk whatsoever.
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