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Croatian Rafale fighter jet intercepts passenger aircraft

A Croatian Rafale fighter jet intercepted a Maltese passenger aircraft following an alert transmitted over an apparent hijack signal. The scramble was carried out under NATO air policing procedures to investigate the potential threat. Further details regarding the status of the passenger aircraft have not yet been reported.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • n1infoHrvatski
  • klix-baNATO-a
WhereCroatia
45.202, 16.333 ±400 km
First reported12 days ago
Published2026-10-13 13:42 UTC
Sources2
How this travelled.
Reports2Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Croatian Rafale fighter jet intercepts passenger aircraft. 2026-10-13T13:42:55.763Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5745. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-13/hrvatski-rafal-presreo-putnicki-avion-koji-je-emitovao-signal-za-8526e6e3

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