<p>A London-bound Air India aircraft from Ahmedabad today had to be escorted by fighter jets after it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control while flying over Hungary.<br /><br />The Dreamliner Boieng 787-800 plane with 231 passengers and 18 crew members onboard lost contact with the ATC due to "frequency fluctuation", an Air India spokesperson said.<br /><br />"AI flight 171 from Ahmedabad for Newark airport in the US via London lost communication with local ATC while flying over Humgary for a short while," the spokesperson said.<br /><br />The aircraft, which took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport at Ahmedabad at 0700 hours, landed safely at London's Heathrow Airport at 11.05 hours local time, the spokesperson said.<br /><br />Air India has already started a probe into the incident, he added.<br /><br />This is the second such reported incident of an Indian aircraft losing contact with the ATC in the European airspace in a month's time.<br /><br />On February 16, Jet Airways flight Jet Airways flight 9W-118 from Mumbai had lost communication with the Germany's ATC on its way to Heathrow airport in London, forcing the German Air Force to scramble two fighter jets after it.</p>
<p>A London-bound Air India aircraft from Ahmedabad today had to be escorted by fighter jets after it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control while flying over Hungary.<br /><br />The Dreamliner Boieng 787-800 plane with 231 passengers and 18 crew members onboard lost contact with the ATC due to "frequency fluctuation", an Air India spokesperson said.<br /><br />"AI flight 171 from Ahmedabad for Newark airport in the US via London lost communication with local ATC while flying over Humgary for a short while," the spokesperson said.<br /><br />The aircraft, which took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport at Ahmedabad at 0700 hours, landed safely at London's Heathrow Airport at 11.05 hours local time, the spokesperson said.<br /><br />Air India has already started a probe into the incident, he added.<br /><br />This is the second such reported incident of an Indian aircraft losing contact with the ATC in the European airspace in a month's time.<br /><br />On February 16, Jet Airways flight Jet Airways flight 9W-118 from Mumbai had lost communication with the Germany's ATC on its way to Heathrow airport in London, forcing the German Air Force to scramble two fighter jets after it.</p>