Jets scrambled when plane ignores ATC
Posted:
Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:34 amby Saitek
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.stmBen
Re: Jets scrambled when plane ignores ATC
Posted:
Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:51 amby Ace_777
They do keep these news under wraps dont they
good story though
Takecare Saitek, Ace
Re: Jets scrambled when plane ignores ATC
Posted:
Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:03 pmby Felix/FFDS
"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".