Austrian Eurofighter jets scrambled to intercept an El Al Boeing 777-200

Austrian fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a commercial El Al flight over Europe Monday after radio communications with the plane suddenly dropped. Communications with the Boeing 777-200 flying from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv were restored after about 12 minutes, Austria’s defense ministry said Tuesday. The problem was first noticed at 1:08 p.m. CEST when controllers at a radar tower in Rhein, Germany, attempted to hand over the flight, LY338, to a flight control tower in Austria, according to The Aviation Herald, which reports the incident. READ MORE:https://airlive.net/news/2023/04/12/austrian-eurofighter-jets-scrambled-to-intercept-an-el-al-boeing-777-200/