Czech Gripens scrambled to check on unresponsive airliner

Two Czech Air Force Gripen fighters were scrambled on May 27 after a Spanish commercial flight entered Czech airspace and the cockpit crew failed to respond to air traffic controllers.

Selfie in a Czech Saab Gripen as it patrols Icelandic airspace
Milan Nykodym [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The fighter pilots made visual contact with the crew who then establish contact on the emergency channel. The fighters then escort the airliner till German airspace.