Pakistan F-16 jets intercepted Delhi-Kabul Spicejet flight assigned with a Military Code

[Haris Ali2140]

So I found this article. According to this article a civilian jet was given the codes of an IAF AN-32.
https://m.rediff.com/amp/news/repor...flight/20191019.htm?__twitter_impression=true

@The Eagle @Hodor @Knuckles

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[The Eagle]

So I found this article. According to this article a civilian jet was given the codes of an IAF AN-32.

As I said, it was a planned execution but we do know their tactics. The snake & her charmer aren't left unchecked. History will always quote 27th Feb, 2019 as another day of IAF beating into the hands of PAF and no matter how much Indians play cool over internet and news media; the fact is that they are burning by every minute in vengeance while their susraeli in laws are in bed having same obsession with Pakistan. Operation Swift Retort is a haunting for them though they can't accept it openly while on other hand, instigated the Kashmir offensive to lay down another trap but to me, seems like locals will be settling the matter with India pretty soon whereby Modi has already been told the upcoming bloodbath.

5th August was a tactics to lure Pakistan into a trap same as like this Spice Jet wrong code name to ATC. Pakistan didn't take the bait and they are still provoking by one way or another before their beating by Locals inside Indian Occupied Kashmir. Internet is flooded with too much bravado and most of the rational approach is being covered with fake bravado and sense of false superiority however, the reality remains and Modi is merely looking for a face saving conflict.

 

[Windjammer]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1185476200636002304

 

[Windjammer]

Indian agencies sent a commercial jet with 126 passengers onboard assigned with a military code into Pakistani airspace, as a FalseFlag op for Pak AirDef to shoot it down & start a war! But an alert PAF sent 2 F-16s to escort it out of Pak airspace.

DGCA's clerical error forced Pakistan to chase SpiceJet aircraft
The reason for the mistaken identity was a clerical error by an official of India's aviation regulator
Arindam Majumder & Aneesh Phadnis | New Delhi | Mumbai Last Updated at October 19, 2019 02:27 IST



Pakistan F-16 jets escorted SpiceJet Boeing 737 aircraft in September

On the morning of August 30, air traffic controllers at Lahore were startled to find that an “Indian military aircraft” had entered the Pakistan airspace. They were confused, too, as according to the flight plan and identification by the pilot, it was a civilian Boeing 737 plane but was transmitting the code of a military aircraft. They asked the pilot to hold the aircraft and alerted the Pakistan Air Force, which sent two F-16 fighter jets to escort it for about half an hour till it exited the country’s air space.

As things turned out, it was actually a SpiceJet flight with 120 passengers on board heading to Kabul from Delhi. The reason for the mistaken identity was a clerical error by an official of India’s aviation regulator, which assigned a military code while registering the SpiceJet aircraft. The unprecedented situation, barely a month after Pakistan had reopened its airspace post-Balakot air strike tension, prompted the Prime Minister’s Office to step in. Soon after, an official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was suspended.

In a warm gesture, civil aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola thanked his Pakistani counterpart Sharukh Nusrat for handling the situation calmly. That done, the incident has forced DGCA to speed up its work on digitising the aircraft records. The regulator recently selected Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for the process.

Sources aware of the development said SpiceJet had approached DGCA early August for registration of the aircraft which was earlier with Jet Airways. According to International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) norms, while registering an aircraft, aviation regulators all over the world assign a unique 24-digit code called Mode-S — a digitised identification number. The alpha-numeric code is relayed by a transponder that can be identified by advance radar surveillance system in order to improve air navigation system and stop airspace incursions.

DGCA, however, creates a pool of such codes and allots a certain number to each airline. When airlines approach DGCA for registering a new aircraft, the regulator checks its air worthiness and assigns a code. Sources said in this manual process, the concerned DGCA official wrongly assigned the SpiceJet aircraft a code of Antonov AN-32--an aircraft used by the Indian Air Force.

“In those days, work was hectic. SpiceJet was adding at least two to three aircraft daily in its fleet. The error crept in and no one took notice,” said a government official. Following the closure of Jet Airways, SpiceJet added 22 aircraft of Jet in two months.

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The aircraft operated with the military code for almost 20 days and also operated to international destinations like Colombo and Bangkok. But no one took note until it went into Pakistani air space.

“Incorrect or missing Mode-S code, whether caused by individual equipment malfunctions or human input error, may prevent aircraft from being presented on air traffic controller surveillance displays and, and result in potentially hazardous situations,” a direction by European Union Aviation Safety Agency says.

A senior official of India’s air navigation authorities defended the oversight, saying that normally air traffic controllers work on primary and secondary radar systems, which give details of height, speed and altitude, among others.

“Only when there is a heightened surveillance, secondary surveillance radar system is used to track the Mode-S code. Pakistani airspace must be using it for Indian aircraft due to the current situation,” the official said.

Sources said the Lahore air traffic control acted maturely and asked the pilot to hold the aircraft and informed the Air Force. PAF then sent the fighter jets in order to verify the aircraft. The pilot, who has 12 years of experience, didn’t panic and complied with the direction from the ATC,” the person said.

In 1988, a US warship had shot down an Iranian aircraft after it had mistaken it as a military aircraft, killing all 290 passengers on board. Following the incident, DGCA has automated the process of issuing codes to aircraft. “We have cross checked all codes assigned to ensure there is no such cases of duplication. A lesson has been learnt,” a senior DGCA official said.

https://www.business-standard.com/a...o-chase-spicejet-aircraft-119101801416_1.html

 

[Windjammer]

In a prelude to 1971 war, the Indian authorities also staged a hijacking of Air India airliner.


On 30 January 1971, an Indian Airlines passenger airliner named Ganga, flying from Srinagar to Jammu, was hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists belonging to the National Liberation Front (NLF, the antecedent of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front). The hijackers were Hashim Qureshi and his cousin Ashraf Qureshi. The aircraft was flown to Lahore, Pakistan where the passengers and the crew were released and the aircraft was burnt down.

Ganga was one of the oldest aircraft in the Indian Airlines fleet and was already withdrawn from service but was re-inducted days before the hijacking.

India retaliated to the hijacking and subsequent burning by banning overflights of Pakistani aircraft over Indian territory. The ban, occurring in the run-up to the December 1971 war between the countries, had a significant impact on troop movement into the erstwhile East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Pakistan reacted by charging the hijackers and other NLF militants with conspiracy. The crackdown severely weakened the militant organisation. Subsequently, the leader of the movement, Amanullah Khan, moved to Britain, where he established a new organisation called the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front.

 

[loanranger]

Honest mistake or Sinister Designs.
India can whip up war hysteris with almost anything.

 

[Windjammer]

Kudos to alert Pakistani Air Traffic Controllers for being both alert and acting responsibly.

The aircraft operated with the military code for almost 20 days and also operated to international destinations like Colombo and Bangkok. But no one took note until it went into Pakistani air space.

Honest mistake or Sinister Designs.
India can whip up war hysteris with almost anything.

Just imagine if the F-16s had shot it down, the Indians would have been waving more than a piece of AMRAAM wreckage......once again to hide the truth and own incompetency.

 

[The Eagle]

Indian establishment will now blame some ATC guy & punish him for being irresponsible same as like they Court Martial two IAF officers for shooting down their own Mi-17V5. The usual tactics of laying down a failed trap & then cover up with dramatic investigations to walk free.

 

[Sabretooth]

Lucky for the passengers PAF doesn't have itchy trigger fingers and is not in the habit of shooting anything that moves without first verifying the target.
Now imagine if the roles were reversed. IAF would have shot the aircraft first and verify it later like their own helo on 27th Feb 2019.

 

[Morpheus]

If india is so blood thirsty about killing civilians, maybe another Mumbai attack is what they should do. Stage another attack on Mumbai, and blame it on Pakistan.

 

[Baghial]

After ATC mix up, Pakistan F-16 jets intercepted Delhi-Kabul Spicejet flight last month
NEW DELHI: Amid tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad after Balakot air strikes in February, Pakistani fighter jets intercepted a Kabul-bound Indian passenger plane for almost an hour over their airspace last month.

The SpiceJet flight was mid-air when two Pakistani F-16 jets flanked the commercial plane and asked its pilot to lower its altitude and report to them with the flight details.



The incident occurred on September 23 and the flight involved in the incident was SG-21, which had taken off from Delhi for Kabul. Around 120 passengers were on board.

More importantly, the incident was reported when Pakistan airspace was not closed for India.

The SpiceJet captain briefed Pakistani F-16 jet pilots, saying, "This is SpiceJet, Indian commercial aircraft, which carries passengers and is going to Kabul as per schedule," sources told ANI.

When the F-16s rounded up SpiceJet, the Pakistani jets and their pilots could be seen by passengers.

One of the passengers on the flight, on the conditions of anonymity, told ANI that the Pakistani fighter pilot instructed SpiceJet pilot through hand signs to lower the altitude of the commercial plane.

According to sources, every flight has its code, like SpiceJet is known as 'SG'. It caused confusion and Pakistani ATC misunderstood SpiceJet as 'IA' and misinterpreted it as the Indian Army or India Airforce.


When Pakistani ATC reported about an aircraft coming from India with IA code they immediately launched their F-16s to intercept the Indian plane.




After the confusion was sorted out, the Pakistani fighters escorted the SpiceJet out of Pakistan airspace till they entered Afghanistan, confirmed a DGCA official.




"At the time when Pakistani F-16s were flying around their flight, all passengers were asked to shut their windows and maintain silence," the passengers told ANI.


After the flight landed safely in Kabul, it's return journey was delayed by almost five hours as Pakistani embassy officials in Kabul scrambled to clear paperwork involving the mid-air mix up.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...et-flight-last-month/articleshow/71629860.cms

According to sources, every flight has its code, like SpiceJet is known as 'SG'. It caused confusion and Pakistani ATC misunderstood SpiceJet as 'IA' and misinterpreted it as the Indian Army or India Airforce.
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as i said before on many occasions ,,,,,,,,,,,,idiots are in abundance----

 

[The Eagle]

According to sources, every flight has its code, like SpiceJet is known as 'SG'. It caused confusion and Pakistani ATC misunderstood SpiceJet as 'IA' and misinterpreted it as the Indian Army or India Airforce.
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as i said before on many occasions ,,,,,,,,,,,,idiots are in abundance----

So much of obsession with Pakistan Military will harm you in long run especially since one has the moral to lecture while sharing a false flag. Read report before you comment that Indian ATC guy is already under fire for assign wrong call sign to Spice Jet... in-fact another cover up by sacrificing an Indian Official but, seeing your isolated approach is rather more ironical. Next time when you login, make sure you aren't using Proxy/VPN and sharing correct flag of your current location beside that you start to learn about the matters in depth and make some sense.

Regards,

 

[masterchief_mirza]

you are struggling for context though. One guy says PAF should shoot down civilian planes. My response is to him and you quote me out of context.

I know this for a fact that PAF won't do such thing because they wouldn't want to risk the ire of the world and a war with India.



I guess I got influenced by Imran Khan's speech from UNGA. His solution to everything is to create hysteria about a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, no?

That was irony. The reason the irony was effective and particularly burning for Indian forum members was exactly what I posted. India failed to apply operational checks when it needed to recently - whether blue on blue or military against civilian, the point is that such an attack is not intended and should be averted by relevant failsafe mechanisms.

There's more to this though than simply highlighting the difference in competence levels between Indian and Pakistani controllers. This plane apparently had a MILITARY CODE. So yes , Pakistan pilots checked everything before pulling any trigger, which is commendable as hinduland could very easily deliberately sacrifice Hindu lives to start a war with pk. When you send workers and in the future settlers as human shields to justify further militarization of Kashmir, you will be playing with lives of civilian hindus, just like you do when you assign military codes to civilian planes. Pretty sick means to an end really.

Lucky for the passengers PAF doesn't have itchy trigger fingers and is not in the habit of shooting anything that moves without first verifying the target.
Now imagine if the roles were reversed. IAF would have shot the aircraft first and verify it later like their own helo on 27th Feb 2019.

Yes, this is precisely what I was saying to our Indian buddy here.

 

[Dubious]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Can always expect mirch masalah from such a source!

 

[The Eagle]

Lucky for the passengers PAF doesn't have itchy trigger fingers and is not in the habit of shooting anything that moves without first verifying the target.
Now imagine if the roles were reversed. IAF would have shot the aircraft first and verify it later like their own helo on 27th Feb 2019.

Interestingly, much of Indian media moral brigade is silent and trying to play it down except for very few individual that realizes as how India tried to offer sacrificial of 128 innocent lives merely to feed Indian false flag mentality as God forbid something wrong happened; they would have been shouting their lungs out & nobody would have talked about the deliberate incorrect assigning of call sign. It was professionalism of PAF that not just avoided the trap as such but also exposed Indian designs as such that they wouldn't even hesitate to stoop this low to gain something against Pakistan.

• Why would a simple ATC Indian guy will assign IA sign and then nobody noticed the jet entering Pakistan Air Space amid high tension between both countries?

• How could they simply ignore that an IA call sign jet is entering Pakistan & wouldn't be intercepted or could have shot down?

It was in-fact a deliberate slip & planned tactic which could have resulted in a disaster of loss of 128 lives beside Pakistan being blamed for everything by the so-called moral brigade. No matter how much Indian creates excuses and play it down; the fact is that Modi will stoop to any level to harm Pakistan even if he had to kill people like this.