Delta B764 over Greece on May 19th 2016, loss of communication leads to intercept
Last Update: May 21, 2016 / 14:47:58 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 19, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-8957
Departure
Frankfurt Hahn, Germany
Destination
Kuwait, Kuwait
Aircraft Registration
N836MH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-400
ICAO Type Designator
B764
The airline reported that while transiting through Greek Airspace flight DL-8957 on a charter flight from Frankfurt Hahn to Kuwait was unable to establish radio contact with Greek ATC for a short period of time following a hand off to Greek ATC.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 19, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-8957
Departure
Frankfurt Hahn, Germany
Destination
Kuwait, Kuwait
Aircraft Registration
N836MH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-400
ICAO Type Designator
B764
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