The German fighters were raised to intercept aircraft company «Jet Airways».

According to the portal Avia.pro, when the Indian Airlines flight from Mumbai to London in the sky were raised war German fighters escorting a civilian passenger liner about 10 minutes. According to some information, the use of combat aircraft was due to the fact that when dispatching requests airliner pilots did not respond, in connection with which the situation began to be classified as an emergency, in particular, there was a danger that the plane might have been hijacked.

However, it is important to clarify that any danger of missing since the incident was caused by a temporary loss of communication performance.