Busta Nut Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28662561 not much said, other than possible device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 It would have been far worse if it had been exoceted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Hoax bomb threat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 It would have been far worse if it had been exoceted. I'd be pretty surprised if it was shot down with an anti-shipping missile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 The Rangers were flying back from warm weather training camp and Moshni kicked off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'd be pretty surprised if it was shot down with an anti-shipping missile. Not as surprised as the passengers would have been... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'd be pretty surprised if it was shot down with an anti-shipping missile. Stranger things have happened, recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Does anyone know what the protocol is for a fighter jet escorting a passenger jet into land. Presumably there would be a circumstance where the jet would shoot the passenger plane down. Given the massive loss of life and the debris falling over a huge area , under what circumstances would they shoot it down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mambostaggie Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'd imagine it would be based on how legitimate the threat was and to minimise the risk of an explosion over a built up area. Pretty horrific either way but surely better to ground a plane over countryside than a city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'd imagine it would be based on how legitimate the threat was and to minimise the risk of an explosion over a built up area. Pretty horrific either way but surely better to ground a plane over countryside than a city. Undoubtedly, I just wondered if there is protocol or is it all just down to reacting to events as they unfold. by the time you realised a passenger jet was headed to a built up area I would have thought there was pretty much nothing you could do about it. What if the plane, having been escorted into any major UK airport just kept going , they are pretty much all surrounded by sunstantially populated areas and i dont see how you could stop them heading into London, Manchester or Glasgow. I cant actually think of a practical application for having the fighter jet there in most instances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Does anyone know what the protocol is for a fighter jet escorting a passenger jet into land. Presumably there would be a circumstance where the jet would shoot the passenger plane down. Given the massive loss of life and the debris falling over a huge area , under what circumstances would they shoot it down? Wee Jock knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mambostaggie Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Undoubtedly, I just wondered if there is protocol or is it all just down to reacting to events as they unfold. by the time you realised a passenger jet was headed to a built up area I would have thought there was pretty much nothing you could do about it. What if the plane, having been escorted into any major UK airport just kept going , they are pretty much all surrounded by sunstantially populated areas and i dont see how you could stop them heading into London, Manchester or Glasgow. I cant actually think of a practical application for having the fighter jet there in most instances. Yeah it's a strange one. Perhaps there's something in place for if it started heading towards something like Faslane or the likes of Hunterston or Heysham power stations. Though these places musts be protected against such threats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 There is a protocol. I There are circumstances where the RAF would shoot a civilian plane down. They don't advertise what those exact circumstances are for pretty obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodjesSixteenIncher Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Decent prank. The RAF got merked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Wee Jock knows.More planes = more pilots = more chance of a f**k up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Undoubtedly, I just wondered if there is protocol or is it all just down to reacting to events as they unfold. by the time you realised a passenger jet was headed to a built up area I would have thought there was pretty much nothing you could do about it. What if the plane, having been escorted into any major UK airport just kept going , they are pretty much all surrounded by sunstantially populated areas and i dont see how you could stop them heading into London, Manchester or Glasgow. I cant actually think of a practical application for having the fighter jet there in most instances. Someone was saying that the passengers were kept in the dark about the reasons for the escort and understandably so, but surely it doesn't make sense to then position the fighters in clear view of everyone on board. It would make no difference to hold off just behind or above the airliner, and it would avoid all the alarm and distress among the passengers wondering if they are about to be shot down for reasons unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing (2) Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 The RAF would miss anyroads, unless the civilians were on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Someone was saying that the passengers were kept in the dark about the reasons for the escort and understandably so, but surely it doesn't make sense to then position the fighters in clear view of everyone on board. It would make no difference to hold off just behind or above the airliner, and it would avoid all the alarm and distress among the passengers wondering if they are about to be shot down for reasons unknown. I'm told by someone who knows a lot more about these things than me that the fighter pilot would be trying to establish visual contact with the cockpit of the airliner, and that's why they would fly so close to the front of it. The guy who kicked it all off has reportedly been sectioned under the mental health act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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