Incident: PIA B772 over Germany and Czechia on Feb 27th 2020, loss of communication

[inducedrag]

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Feb 27th 2020 23:47Z, last updated Thursday, Feb 27th 2020 23:47Z
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BMG performing flight PK-786 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Islamabad (Pakistan), was enroute at FL370 over southern Germany when the communication between ATC and the aircraft was lost. The aircraft proceeded into Czech Airspace, Czech ATC queried the crew "Do you read?" and instructed them to press ident on their transponder, however, no reaction. The aircraft continued at FL370 along the planned flight route, nonetheless, fighter aircraft were dispatched to intercept the aircraft, the Boeing however crossed into Slovak Airspace without restoring communication. It is currently unclear when and where ATC communication was restored. The aircraft climbed from FL370 to FL390 over Azerbaijan. The aircraft is currently still enroute estimated to arrive in Islamabad in about two hours on schedule.


http://avherald.com/h?article=4d3dd158&opt=0

[Abbas Ali]

PIA Boeing 777-200ER registration AP-BMG flight PK786 from London landed in Islamabad at 6:28 AM on February 28. The flight was scheduled to land at 6:40 AM.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[arshad.altaf]

Fighter aircrafts dispatched?! What the heck! What does this whole thing mean? Problems with aircraft's communication system/transponder or something else?

Arshad

[Abbas Ali]

Czech, Hungarian jets escort unidentified Pakistani Boeing 777

Two JAS-39 Gripen aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force were scrambled on Thursday to identify a Pakistani Boeing 777 airliner which did not transmit any identification, the Hungarian Army said on its website.

The Pakistani plane, en route from London to Pakistan, entered Hungarian airspace in the evening hours of Feb. 27 and the pilot did not make contact with Hungarian airspace control.

The Hungarian military had advance warning, as before entering the country it also failed to identify itself to Czech air control as well, and was escorted to the Hungarian border by the Czech Air Force.

It remains unclear at the time of publication why the Pakistani aircraft refused to identify itself.

Incident happened just after the Defense Commission of the Hungarian Parliament held a meeting at the Kecskemét Air Force base in central Hungary, where the Gripens military aircraft are based.

https://rmx.news/article/article/czech- ... boeing-777

https://honvedelem.hu/cikk/riasztottak- ... penjeit-3/

[Abbas Ali]

Flight path of February 27 PIA Boeing 777-200ER registration AP-BMG London to Islamabad flight PK786 in Czech, Slovak and Hungarian airspaces. The B777 was flying at an altitude of 37,000 feet in that area.


Source: flightradar24.com

Abbas

[baberblues]

Either the pilots at fault here for not noticing or the aircraft systems are in such a poor state that they are not working. This is definitely a serious incident and no doubt with raise concern with European aviation officials.

[Abbas Ali]

Updated information on 'The Aviation Herald' on following link:

http://avherald.com/h?article=4d3dd158

Abbas

[Khan747]

https://twitter.com/Simba_Since1995/sta ... 2530733058
Found it on twitter today. May be the cause

[Abbas Ali]

PIA denies occurrence of the incident and says that it has not received any report from cockpit crew or any aviation regulatory body. The aircraft had not lost communication with air traffic controllers and it was not escorted by fighters, says the airline. The aircraft was in contact with Slovak air traffic control. After receiving confirmation from cockpit crew the aircraft was allowed to maintain flying on a direct route by Hungarian air traffic control.











Abbas

[inducedrag]

[Abbas Ali]

Pakistan's Safety Investigation Board (SIB) has opened an investigation and recorded statements of flight PK786 cockpit crew.



Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Updated/additional information on 'The Aviation Herald'.

http://avherald.com/h?article=4d3dd158&opt=0

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

[planefan2003]

Was there any update on this? Apparently one of the pilots was related to Maryam Masood, the one who veered the ATR off the runway in Gilgit.

[Amaad Lone]

Was there any update on this? Apparently one of the pilots was related to Maryam Masood, the one who veered the ATR off the runway in Gilgit.

What kind of update are you looking for??? It happened 5 years ago, its over, what are you digging for??? Who cares who is related to maryam masoon.