Kenya Airways flight.

[dad_of_jon]

A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman said: "RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft from RAF Coningsby were launched as a precaution this afternoon to investigate a civilian aircraft which was approaching the UK.

I didn't know they were LAUNCHED that what you do with missiles.

Anyways it reminded me that if anything hits the fan Stansted is the airport of choice.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

investigate a civilian aircraft which was approaching the UK.

How strange as that happens many hundreds of times a day, did they say why this one was thought to be a threat?

 

[Clint]

It was full of elephants which didn't have a pilots licence.

 

[RichardM]

How strange as that happens many hundreds of times a day, did they say why this one was thought to be a threat?

An airline spokesman said "Kenya Airways plc (KQ) confirms that on Thursday 12 October 2023, at around 10:30 (08:30 BST), its headquarters received an alert of a potential security threat on board KQ100 operating from Nairobi to London Heathrow.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-67093649

 

[MashBag]

I didn't know they were LAUNCHED that what you do with missiles.

Perhaps "scrambled" to to complex for modern news.

Anyhoo sounds like "undesirables" on board not necessarily bombs.

 

[Clint]

No,eggs are scrambled!

 

[MashBag]

Terrible.. Get back to work

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Clint said: No,eggs are scrambled!

Terrible.. Get back to work

Eggsactly.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Terrible.. Get back to work

Eggcellent

 

[Clint]

Right bunch of yolkers on here.