New Delhi: After a European aviation blog claimed that an Air India
aircraft heading for Rome on October 16 had been shadowed by two Italian
Air Force fighter aircraft in Italian airspace after the AI aircraft
appeared to have developed some communications trouble, an Air India
spokesperson insisted late on Tuesday night that no such incident had
occurred.
The blog had claimed that an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying between Delhi and Rome (flight AI-123) was intercepted by two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon interceptors from the Grosseto airbase on October 16.
The blog cited the Italian Air Force as saying that the Air India aircraft had lost radio contact with the Air Traffic Control agencies and had entered the Italian airspace unauthorised and that for this reason, the Quick Reaction Alert cell of the Italian Air Force at Grosseto airbase was scrambled to intercept, identify and escort the aircraft.
Read news in full 22/10/14 Asian Age
The blog had claimed that an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying between Delhi and Rome (flight AI-123) was intercepted by two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon interceptors from the Grosseto airbase on October 16.
The blog cited the Italian Air Force as saying that the Air India aircraft had lost radio contact with the Air Traffic Control agencies and had entered the Italian airspace unauthorised and that for this reason, the Quick Reaction Alert cell of the Italian Air Force at Grosseto airbase was scrambled to intercept, identify and escort the aircraft.
Read news in full 22/10/14 Asian Age
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