Watch German Typhoons Intercept A Boeing 777 That Lost Contact With The Airport

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One of the neater things you'll see today

I can imagine quite a few horror scenarios onboard an airplane. Looking outside your window and seeing fighter jets is definitely at the very top of that list. That was the reality this week for passengers aboard an Indian Jet Airways flight bound for London that lost contact with air traffic controllers in Cologne, Germany, leading German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons to scramble and intercept the plane.

Video of the incident was captured by a trailing British Airways plane, which comes to us from the Facebook page of CirrusPilot

More plus fairly unique video at link. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/watch-german-typhoons-intercept-a-boeing-777-that-lost-1792530997

For those who don't click through but want to know - it was a routine comms foul up. Plane lost contact with ATC and the Luftwaffe were scrambled. Happens several times a day around the world.

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One of the neater things you'll see today

I can imagine quite a few horror scenarios onboard an airplane. Looking outside your window and seeing fighter jets is definitely at the very top of that list. That was the reality this week for passengers aboard an Indian Jet Airways flight bound for London that lost contact with air traffic controllers in Cologne, Germany, leading German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons to scramble and intercept the plane.

Video of the incident was captured by a trailing British Airways plane, which comes to us from the Facebook page of CirrusPilot

More plus fairly unique video at link. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/watch-german-typhoons-intercept-a-boeing-777-that-lost-1792530997

For those who don't click through but want to know - it was a routine comms foul up. Plane lost contact with ATC and the Luftwaffe were scrambled. Happens several times a day around the world.

I visited my kid on base a few years ago.

That plane will make you deaf from miles away. They launched 4 engine transports that were quieter than a Typhoon. It doesn't need guns or bombs. It can dam near destroy targets just by idling near them, forget a full power pass.

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