QRA up for Air India Boeing 777

[Trevatanus]

Qra launched from Coningsby, AI 777 circling over the North Sea.

Slightly tense for those on board with a Typhoon outside the window I imagine

https://www.flightradar24.com/AIC129/3793fae5

[MesoForm]

Sonic boom heard over Norwich (I was driving and thought something fell off the car...) and North Norfolk when they were on their way.

[STick220]

I heard (and felt) the sonic boom over Great Yarmouth. The Air India flight looks to have landed at Heathrow now.

[48k]

That's two they've had in the space of less than a week.

[snotrag]

Bomb threat apparently. Just pulling onto a remote stand. Everyone will be very please to know they probably have even more waiting around. Potentially being greeted by the Police!

[snotrag]

Ah, interesting as I hadnt seen this - a number of Indian airlines have had multiple hoax threats in the past few days.

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advi...

What a nightmare for the airlines to deal with!

[48k]

Great interview here with Helen Seymour (first female Typhoon pilot) on what happens during a QRA scramble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUqHpqt6oqA

[aeropilot]

snotrag said:

Bomb threat apparently. Just pulling onto a remote stand. Everyone will be very please to know they probably have even more waiting around. Potentially being greeted by the Police!

Didn't flights always used to land at Stanstead for bomb threats and hi-jack threats, as the remote stands were, err a lot more remote than they are at LHR...?

I presume policy has changed?

[Trevatanus]

aeropilot said:

snotrag said:

Bomb threat apparently. Just pulling onto a remote stand. Everyone will be very please to know they probably have even more waiting around. Potentially being greeted by the Police!

Didn't flights always used to land at Stanstead for bomb threats and hi-jack threats, as the remote stands were, err a lot more remote than they are at LHR...?

I presume policy has changed?

I believe that this is the case. I can only assume the problem was resolved before it got that far.