Ernest A320 near Kosice on Jun 23rd 2019, loss of communication prompts intercept
Last Update: June 25, 2019 / 21:55:26 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 23, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ernest Airlines
Flight number
ERN-547
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Kharkov, Ukraine
Aircraft Registration
EI-LIX
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Slovakia's Ministry of Defense confirmed the booms heard by residents on the ground were caused by MIG-29 figter aircraft intercepting the flight to re-establish radio contact.
The flight, scheduled to depart Milan at 10:00L actually departed with a delay of 10:15 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 23, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ernest Airlines
Flight number
ERN-547
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Kharkov, Ukraine
Aircraft Registration
EI-LIX
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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