{"id":64008,"date":"2022-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64008\/mea-plane-intercepted-by-greek-fighter-jets"},"modified":"2022-08-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:00:00","slug":"mea-plane-intercepted-by-greek-fighter-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64008\/mea-plane-intercepted-by-greek-fighter-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"MEA Plane Intercepted By Greek Fighter Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, August 10, a Middle East Airlines flight heading from Madrid to Beirut was intercepted over Greece by two F-16s. The MEA Airbus A321 was reportedly unresponsive to communication, leading the Greek authorities to declare a \u201cCode Renegade\u201d in coordination with the NATO Air Control Centre in Spain.<br \/>  <br \/>  According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2022\/08\/12\/greek-f-16s-sent-up-after-unresponsive-civilian-aircraft\/\"target=_new\">Greek City Times<\/a>, the two F-16 fighters approached the MEA flight \u201cover Argolida, in north-eastern Peloponnese\u201d and \u201cmade a mid-air encounter with the unresponsive aircraft around 7:30 pm.\u201d After making sure that no problems were afoot, and re-establishing contact with the pilot, they disengaged.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Code Renegade set Greek authorities on alert following a relevant signal by the NATO air control center in Spain (CAOC Torrej\u00f3n), to intercept a non-responsive civil aircraft Airbuss A321 with 145 passengers onboard that had taken off from Madrid and was bound for Beirut. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwecsgpz0v\">pic.twitter.com\/qwecsgpz0v<\/a><\/p>\u2014 IntelSky (@Intel_Sky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Intel_Sky\/status\/1559145798004359169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The Greek City Times reported that \u201cthe pilot had forgotten to tune the instruments to the correct frequency.\u201d <br \/>  <br \/>  Aircraft tracking Twitter account @Intel_Sky also reported on the incident. Intel Sky corroborated the Greek City Times\u2019 reporting and added that their own sources believe \u201cthe pilot Abed Al-Hout, son of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Middle East Airlines, Mohammed Al-Hout\u201d was the one responsible for the error.<br \/>  <br \/>  According to <a href=\"https:\/\/today.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1308600\/fighter-jets-escort-mea-aircraft-over-greece.html\"target=_new\">L\u2019Orient Today<\/a>, caretaker Transport Minister Ali Hamieh said that he was informed by MEA that the pilots leading the flight have all the required technical knowledge to carry out their mission.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633 \u0645\u062c\u0644\u0633 \u0627\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0637\u064a\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0648\u0633\u0637-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u062a<br>\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u062d\u0646 \u0648\u0633\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u062a(\u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0645\u0647)<br>\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0641\u064a \u0635\u064a\u0627\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0626\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0639\u0635\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u062a (\u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0645\u0647)<br>\u0637\u064a\u0627\u0631 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u062a(\u0627\u0628\u0646\u0647)<br>\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633 \u062f\u0627\u0626\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0644\u0648\u0645\u0627\u062a\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u062f\u064a\u0628 \u0634\u0631\u064a\u0641 (\u0639\u062f\u064a\u0644\u0647)<br>\u0645\u0633\u0624\u0648\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u0637\u0627\u0639\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u062c\u0645\u0627\u0646\u0629 \u062d\u062f\u064a\u062f (\u0643\u0646\u0651\u062a\u0647)<br>\u0645\u0633\u0624\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644catering \u062d\u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628\u064a(\u0632\u0648\u062c \u0628\u0646\u062a \u0627\u062e\u062a\u0647)<\/p>\u2014 Ghassan Gharzeddine (@Ghassan_Gharz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ghassan_Gharz\/status\/1559170625469554689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The incident has raised mockery of and serious accusations against nepotism at the Banque du Liban owned national carrier. The lives of 145 passengers were put in immediate danger by the error, making this a cautionary tale of the dangers of corruption for many. For others, it was another source of embarrassment for Lebanon on the global stage. <br \/>  <br \/>  For us, it raises interesting questions about whether whales can actually fly.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>More like this:<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/64005\"target=_new\">Two Australian Women Of Lebanese Descent Killed In Shooting<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, August 10, a Middle East Airlines flight heading from Madrid to Beirut was intercepted over Greece by two F-16s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":426719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-64008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[153],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium 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