A short while after the EgyptAir Flight 804 crash last Thursday, Greek defense ministry F-16s were deployed to a nearby area to identify an unresponsive plane.
A Delta Air Lines charter flight from Kirchberg, Germany, to Kuwait entered Greek airspace without communicating with air traffic controllers, according to a Travel Mole report.
Numerous calls were sent to the jetliner and after it failed to respond, the defense ministry sent fighter jets to the airplane’s location—tensions were high as the timing was less than 24 hours after the EgyptAir crash.
Travel Mole, citing several sources, said the F-16 pilots made visual contact with the Delta Air Lines pilots and claimed they were asleep in the cockpit. One fighter jet pilot even attempted to wake the pilots using light signals, but was unsuccessful.
