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Scramble supersonic flight worried Sila inhabitants

Cosenza, Italy - The "Bang" perceived from people in a large area

A Lufthansa Airbus 300 Cargo, took off this morning from Milan-Linate heading Athens when, at 8:29, the Padua air traffic control center lost contacts with the aircraft. The operations command of Italian air forces of Poggio Renatico (Ferrara), has decided to make to take off on scramble two F-16 interception aircraft from Trapani in order to verify what was happening. In order to catch up the civil...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1090315
Rome, Italy, 05/30/2008 16:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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