German fighter planes escort Jet Airways flight after it loses contact Dramatic footage of an incident posted by the Aviation Herald website, showed a Jet Airways flight being escorted by two fighter jets, with vapor trails billowing in their wake. A Jet Airways passenger aircraft with more than 300 people on board was escorted by German Air Force planes after it lost contact with air traffic control during a flight from Mumbai to London on Thursday. The incident, a serious security scare, happened in German airspace, prompting the Air Force to scramble fighter jets to escort the Boeing 777 aircraft. Communication was restored eventually and the flight landed at London's Heathrow airport without incident, the airline said.