According to the Daily Star newspaper on May 30, air traffic controllers were unable to contact the plane for about 10 minutes. After that, French authorities prepared two fighter jets to monitor for suspected hijacking.
Flight AZ609 departed from New York – USA to Rome – Italy. Initially, the captain said that “equipment malfunction prevented him from communicating with air traffic control”. However, an internal investigation by ITA Airways found “inconsistencies” in this person’s story.
According to local media, the co-pilot also “sleeped”, leaving the Airbus 330 on autopilot. The plane moved at normal speed and altitude, fortunately did not deviate from the route.
ITA Airways attempted to contact the pilots using satellite phones and via text messages on ACARS – a digital data link system for transmitting information between the aircraft and ground air traffic stations – but failed. labour.
After the incident, Italian MP Michele Anzaldi called for ITA Airways to apologize. Mr Anzaldi called the incident “very serious” and asked the airline to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
An ITA Airlines spokesman stated that “flight safety is always ensured thanks to advanced technology on board”. The captain of flight AZ609 was fired.
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