Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways is investigating an incident involving a London-bound plane that was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets when it briefly lost contact over Romanian airspace and triggered a Nato alert on Saturday.The city’s flag carrier also said on Wednesday that the safety of the aircraft or people on board was not compromised at any point.The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation activated a “quick reaction alert” after the Airbus A350-1000 temporarily failed to establish contact with Romanian civil air traffic control while travelling from Hong Kong to London-heathrow-airport" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="39857" data-entity-type="location">London Heathrow Airport.
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WED · 2026-07-08 · 08:17 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0708-91137
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Cathay Pacific probes flight intercepted by Hungarian jets after Nato alert
Cathay Pacific Airways is investigating an incident where a London-bound flight was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets. The interception occurred over Romanian airspace on Saturday after the Airbus A350-1000 briefly lost contact with Romanian civil air traffic control.
Lam Ka-singSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-08 · 08:17 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Cathay Pacific Airways is investigating an incident where a London-bound flight was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets. The interception occurred over Romanian airspace on Saturday after the Airbus A350-1000 briefly lost contact with Romanian civil air traffic control. This loss of communication triggered a "quick reaction alert" by Nato. Cathay Pacific stated that the safety of the aircraft and its passengers was not compromised at any point during the event. The flight was en route from Hong Kong to London Heathrow Airport.
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Nato activated a “quick reaction alert” after the Airbus A350-1000 temporarily failed to establish contact with Romanian civil air traffic control.
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The safety of the aircraft or people on board was not compromised at any point.
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The aircraft briefly lost contact over Romanian airspace and triggered a Nato alert.
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Cathay Pacific Airways is investigating an incident involving a London-bound plane that was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets.
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