Air defense: intercepted a civilian aircraft bound for Milan that had lost radio contact

(To air Force)
29/05/19

An F-2000 Eurofighter of the Italian Air Force, in readiness for the airspace surveillance service, took off quickly this afternoon from the Istrana air base (TV), headquarters of the 51st Wing, to intercept a private civil aircraft CA25 took off from Ibiza and headed for Milan Linate, which during the flight over the national airspace had lost radio contact with the operators in charge of air traffic control.

The order of Scramble - immediate take-off - for the aircraft in alarm it started from the CAOC (Combined Air Operation Center) of Torrejon, the NATO body that is responsible for the area of ​​the airspace surveillance service and whose national interlocutor is the Air Operation Center (AOC) of Poggio Renatico, in the province of Ferrara. Through the staff of the AM Radar Groups, the fighter pilot was then provided with the information needed to intercept the aircraft that did not respond to radio calls and his visual identification.

The civil aircraft was intercepted north-west of Piacenza shortly after the 16: 50 and once it was assured that the crew had restored the regular radio contacts with air traffic agencies, the military fighter returned to the Treviso air base.