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6d ago

Eurofighters Scramble to Escort Ryanair Flight Following Threat Call

A false threat call led Czech controllers to bar the Boeing 737 from entering their airspace, triggering a standard COMLOSS scramble by German Eurofighters.

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Overview

  • Bulgarian Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjov said authorities received a call alleging a Palestinian passenger planned an attack, prompting Bulgarian and Serbian air traffic controllers to verify the flight’s manifest.
  • Czech air traffic control refused entry to Boeing 737-800 SP-RNH (flight FR9962) around 36,000 feet over Austria, leading the crew to reroute into German airspace near Passau.
  • Two Eurofighters from Neuburg an der Donau launched under QRA/COMLOSS protocols, intercepted the jet over Bavaria, found no irregularities and escorted it past Cologne and Düsseldorf.
  • Flight FR9962 landed on schedule at London-Stansted around 23:30 with 174 people aboard, and Ryanair confirmed the issue was swiftly resolved with no further incident.
  • The Luftwaffe described the operation as a routine civil-military security response and noted no abnormalities were detected, though details of the initial risk assessment remain undisclosed.