Hungarian fighter jets escort Israeli passenger plane after radio contact failure triggers NATO alert
NATO put its highest air-defense alert into effect Thursday after an Israeli passenger plane lost contact with air traffic control over Hungary. Hungary scrambled two Gripen fighter jets to escort the Tel Aviv to Prague flight until it left Hungarian airspace.
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- NATO activated its top air-defense alert level on Thursday.
- Hungary sent two JAS-39 Gripen jets toward an Israeli passenger plane.
- The Airbus A321 was flying from Tel Aviv to Prague.
- The plane had not initially contacted air traffic control over Hungary.
- The jets escorted it until it exited Hungarian airspace.
NATO activated its highest air-defense alert level on Thursday after an Israeli passenger jet lost contact with air traffic control while flying over Hungary. The incident triggered a response from Hungarian forces, which scrambled fighter jets toward the aircraft as a precaution.
According to reports published Friday, the aircraft was an Airbus A321 operating a scheduled flight from Tel Aviv to Prague. Because it did not initially establish communication with air traffic controllers in Hungarian airspace, the situation caused concern inside NATO’s air operations system.
Hungary’s defense forces dispatched two JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets to escort the plane, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a statement on social media. The jets accompanied the Israeli aircraft until it left Hungarian airspace.
It was not immediately clear why the plane failed to contact air traffic control at first. The source did not report any damage or further incident beyond the escort response.
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