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Jets scrambled when plane ignores ATC

Postby Saitek » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:34 am

Happened on the 1st May, but only just released...  they like to keep these stories quiet for some time don't they?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3556012.stm

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Re: Jets scrambled when plane ignores ATC

Postby Ace_777 » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:51 am

They do keep these news under wraps dont they
good story though

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Re: Jets scrambled when plane ignores ATC

Postby Felix/FFDS » Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:03 pm

"In the first 10 days of May, she said, 20 similar alerts were registered with Eurocontrol. "  


I don't think that this sort of thing is *that* unusual anymore.  I've heard from reservists here in the US, that more than once fighters have been scrambled to investigate "strayers".
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