Cathay Pacific pilots selected wrong radio frequency before NATO jets intercepted flight, investigation finds

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Cathay Pacific pilots mistakenly selected the wrong radio frequency, causing a loss of contact with air traffic control over Romanian airspace. This led to the interception of the flight by two Hungarian NATO fighter jets on July 4.

The London-bound Cathay Pacific flight lost contact with air traffic control over Romanian airspace on Jul 4, which triggered the scrambling of two Hungarian fighter jets.