Overview
- LOT Polish Airlines Flight 155, operated by Bulgaria’s Electra Airways, lost radio contact roughly three hours after departing Warsaw on Tuesday and began circling at 35,000 feet off the coast of Cyprus.
- The Israeli Air Force scrambled two fighter jets to visually identify and escort the unresponsive airliner and the IDF said there was no indication of a security threat after communications were restored.
- Flight crew reestablished voice contact and reported the radio silence was caused by a sudden technical malfunction or an accidental emergency code transmission.
- The aircraft aborted its approach to Ben Gurion Airport, diverted to Burgas in Bulgaria and landed there safely without further incident.
- Officials have launched a formal investigation to check onboard radios, the transponder code, crew procedures and air‑traffic coordination, and the review could lead to technical fixes or procedural changes to reduce future intercepts.