"Ghost Flight" Triggering The panic

"Ghost Flight" Triggering The panic - This incident occurred just hours after Egypt Air MS 804 disappeared from radar and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea.

Delta Airlines Flight DL 8957 from Germany to Kuwait reported lost, in the airspace of Greece, as released news.com.au, Tuesday (05/24/2016).

Air traffic controllers around the world on high alert, when knowing the plane is on the Mediterranean Sea, the same area with EgyptAir disappeared from radar. The panic occurred most noticeably, in the air traffic controllers in Athens, Greece. They repeatedly contacted the aircraft cockpit, to identify themselves, there was no answer, nothing. Silence!

Fearing the plane had been hijacked, the incident was immediately reported to the Ministry of Defence Greece, by the local civil aviation authority. Two F-16 fighter jet was flown, to intercept the "ghost flights" is. This step is standard military procedure.

DL 8957, was approaching the island of Santorini, Aegean Sea, Greek territory. F-16 pilot tried to see what was happening inside the plane. He reported that the pilot appears to remain in their cockpit seats, but may fall asleep. One jet, even flying in front of the Boeing 767-400ER. He shined the light into DL 8957 to wake them, but there was still no response.

However, the beam of light from the F-16, making the passenger Delta Airlines surprised. They immediately informed the flight attendants that jet plane encircled them. Any panic flight attendants, banged on the cockpit door and the pilot was awake. They then contacted the Greek authorities. At that time, it was almost an hour without any contact to the ground.

A spokesman for Delta Airlines told the Daily Star: "When you stop in Greek airspace, the flight crew DL 8957 ... was not able to establish radio communication with air traffic control room Greece in a short time."

The plane was chartered from Hahn, Germany, toward Kuwait City, Kuwait.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), has identified 12 accidents and 64 aircraft incident was almost lost for more than 10 years due to pilot fatigue factor. Civil Aviation Safety Authority will impose new rules governing the airline so that no pilot fatigue in the air, began in 2017. Surveys conducted in the UK in 2013 showed that half of the pilots in the cockpit during their sleep fly the plane. The survey results also showed that one-third of them even when the pilot wakes up, he found the copilot also were still asleep.