{
  "id": 869391,
  "title": "Wrong radio frequency by Cathay crew led to Nato jet interception: report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/wrong-radio-frequency-by-cathay-crew-led-to-nato-jet-interception-869391",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T11:36:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3364090/wrong-radio-frequency-cathay-crew-led-nato-jet-interception-report"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The cockpit crew of a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Hong Kong to London selected the wrong radio frequency when mistakenly responding to instructions for another aircraft, leading to a loss of communication with air traffic control in Romanian airspace last month, a Hong Kong investigation report has revealed. The government said on Friday that the Civil Aviation Department had completed a…",
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        "title": "Wrong radio frequency by Cathay crew led to Nato jet interception: report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/wrong-radio-frequency-by-cathay-crew-led-to-nato-jet-interception",
        "published": "2026-08-14T11:36:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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