RAF fighter jet scrambled after air traffic controllers lose contact with Thomas Cook airliner carrying hundreds of tourists

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Thanks to ludicrous and irrational suicidal immigration policies, England, like other nations, have become very nervous societies.

Daily Mail:

By Ian Drury and Ray Massey

PUBLISHED: 08:49 EST, 25 July 2012 | UPDATED: 12:45 EST, 25 July 2012

The Typhoon roared into the skies from RAF Northolt in north west London after air traffic controllers lost contact with a commercial airliner carrying hundreds of holidaymakers.

A second RAF warplane was kept on standby on the runway.

Scrambled: The Typhoon (file picture) took off shortly before 11.30am this morning from RAF Northolt in north west London after fears a commercial plane was in trouble Scrambled: The Typhoon (file picture) took off shortly before 11.30am this morning from RAF Northolt in north west London after fears a commercial plane was in trouble

Lost contact: The Thomas Cook plane (file picture above) was travelling from Tunisia to Glasgow when iair traffic controllers lost contact with the airliner sparking the emergency call-out Lost contact: The Thomas Cook plane (file picture above) was travelling from Tunisia to Glasgow when iair traffic controllers lost contact with the airliner sparking the emergency call-out

The Thomas Cook scheduled flight, travelling from Tunisia to Glasgow, sparked the emergency call-out shortly before 11.30am.

The plane lost communications with the aviation authorities as it headed north over the French coastline.

 

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: ‘We can confirm that one Typhoon launched. This was in response to a commercial aircraft that was out of communication with air traffic control services.

‘Communications were quickly restored; no further action was required.’

The £125million Typhoon had only left the runway for a few seconds before contact was re-established with the captain and his crew.

But the security alert highlighted the tensions surrounding defending the Olympics from terrorists – and the speed at which the jets can respond to an emergency.

The Typhoon had only left the runway for a few seconds when contact was re-established with the pilot of the commercial airliner

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2 Replies to “RAF fighter jet scrambled after air traffic controllers lose contact with Thomas Cook airliner carrying hundreds of tourists”

  1. The key is , “travelling from Tunisia to Glasgow”.

    No wonder they sent a Typhoon.

  2. I want more info, was it an equipment failure or was one or more of the flight crew Moslem and testing the system?

    Next question, am I turning paranoid?