Delta meets some Greek F16s

[Kingairer]

http://avherald.com/h?article=4989d25b

 

[BobDDuck]

http://avherald.com/h?article=4989d25b

One ping... One ping only.

 

[Kingairer]

One ping... One ping only.

"oh hell, just keep pingin them til they wake up"

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Really the crappiest part of all that is "so...what should we say on the PA?"

 

[Kingairer]

Really the crappiest part of all that is "so...what should we say on the PA?"

Was probably a military charter on top of that.

 

[ScorpionStinger]

Did not know Greece could afford F-16s...

 

[mrivc211]

http://avherald.com/h?article=4989d25b

Again? Dude this happened to the same airline, and the same airplane about 10 years ago. It's on youtube.
http://members.home.nl/zap16/intercept.mp3

http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article1435.html

 

[CFI A&P]

Has anyone else seen this story?

http://www.miragenews.com/ghost-flight-pilots-fall-asleep-with-140-aboard-f16s-scrambled-video/

 

[wheelsup]

I don't know how they do it but every time Delta has an incident it seems something big happens around that time to bury it.

 

[dustoff17]

Apparently all the pilots will need to do is to say they were checking their work schedules on a laptop. That excuse might work...oh, wait......

I DO think it's funny that all Greece is worried about is the fees they can charge.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

That's no 764, that's a C-Series!

 

[mastermags]

Ugh, why do I read comments?

 

[deadstick]

Do the Greeks have different radios in their F16s than the Dutch?

 

[Roger Roger]

Did not know Greece could afford F-16s...

They can't, didn't you see that they're trying to hit Delta up for the fuel bill?

 

[derg]

That comments section.

is just.

DELICIOUS!

 

[ryan1234]

We just got back from working with the HAF F-16s and F-4s in Greece last month - They're a great group of people.

 

[z987k]

In my short stint of flying internationally, I've NEVER called the next countries sector repeatedly and had them not reply for 25 minutes. NEVER. Also, that 1 HF frequency they are using for 14 different countries within 500 miles? Ya, it's super easy to check on when they do that.
I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. NORDO for 18 minutes hardly seems scramble the F-16's worthy. On a civilian plane with a known route.

 

[H46Bubba]

Was probably a military charter on top of that.

It was.

 

[derg]

In my short stint of flying internationally, I've NEVER called the next countries sector repeatedly and had them not reply for 25 minutes. NEVER. Also, that 1 HF frequency they are using for 14 different countries within 500 miles? Ya, it's super easy to check on when they do that.
I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. NORDO for 18 minutes hardly seems scramble the F-16's worthy. On a civilian plane with a known route.

Nicosia is like that. Tabriz Radar is similar and Tabriz (Iranian Air Defense) doesn't always get information from Tehran ATC. The Greek system is pretty "challenged" as well.

 

[Kingairer]

In my short stint of flying internationally, I've NEVER called the next countries sector repeatedly and had them not reply for 25 minutes. NEVER. Also, that 1 HF frequency they are using for 14 different countries within 500 miles? Ya, it's super easy to check on when they do that.
I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. NORDO for 18 minutes hardly seems scramble the F-16's worthy. On a civilian plane with a known route.

I think this was around the same time as Egypt air going down. According to one article after intercept there was no response from airplane still. It wasn't until passengers asked, at which time FAs knocked on door and they woke up. Not sure if that's believable or not.