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Two pairs of F-2000 Eurofighters, one from 4 Wing and one from the 36th Stormo, took off to control two civilian planes that had lost their radio contacts
In the beginning of # Afternoon, Sunday, July 8, the L-Fighter F-2000 Eurofighter of the Italian Air Force, on alert for the defense of the national airspace, did a double intervention on an immediate take-off order (in technical jargon called "scramble") to intercept and control two civil aircraft that had lost radio contact with air traffic authorities
At approximately 12:30 pm, two Eurofighter aircraft F-2000 of the 4th Stormo of Grosseto took off to intercept a French DR40 aircraft that had taken off from the Curtatone aerodrome, in the province of Mantua, and was headed to Gap Tallard, France
After a few minutes of takeoff, the two interceptor fighters have reached the l ' French plane, which in the meantime had restored the radio contacts with the air traffic agencies. After being visually badured that there was no emergency situation, both F-2000s returned to the Grosseto base.
At approximately 14:00, two F-2000 Eurofighters from the 36th Gioia del Colle Storm took off from the CL60 aircraft of a Canadian operating company that, from Madrid, Spain, was crossing Italian airspace to get to Skiatos, Greece.
The two interceptor fighters again reached the civilian aircraft in a short time performing visual control procedures of the situation. After re-establishing radio contact with the air traffic authorities, the two F-2000s escorted the CL60 aircraft to the border of the national airspace, and then returned to the base of Gioia del Colle
. activated following the "scramble" order received by the CAOC (Combined Air Operations Center) of Torrejon, a NATO body responsible for monitoring the skies in the region, and carried out under the control of the operating rooms of the air force surveillance and defense system Air Force
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