Fighter Jests Escort Plane Manchester

JONJO THE MISER

Breaking now..........

Police say they are dealing with "a full emergency" after a pilot receives information about a possible device on board his plane.

Donkey Oaty

Report here. Nothing concrete as yet.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-28662561

Yellowblackbird

Easy Jest

For Forks Sake

It's probably all in jest.

anncoates

Hopefully it's all in jet.

Banjo String

I would be absolutely dunging myself if I was on that flight and looked out the window to see that fighter jet escorting it. :eek:

Donkey Oaty

Live feed now on BBC.

All flights in and out of Manchester suspended.

anncoates

What would a fighter plane be able to do i that situation?

Shoot it down to stop it crashing into something?

peterbarlow

Mancunians are wild men for body searching Irish and Asians in the airport security so they are.

Banjo String

anncoates wrote: »

What would a fighter plane be able to do i that situation?

Shoot it down to stop it crashing into something?

Flash the headlights and apply the hazards to let other jets know the craic.

brummytom

"EYE-WITNESS SAW JET
13:59: Chris Phelan, from Heaton Moor, Stockport, was in his garden when he heard the roar of a jet plane before filming it on his camera.
The 42-year-old said: "I looked up and saw what looked like a Typhoon jet flying close to a passenger plane - I thought, that's odd."


That's your only thought seeing a fighter jet flying next to a commercial airliner?

"That's odd". Jesus, Chris.

billie1b

Other aircraft have begun to land and take-off again, QTR23 (Qatar Airways) jet is on a remote parking area, all other airport operations back to normal

Donkey Oaty

Airport back to normal now, reports say - planes landing and taking off - looks like a false alarm.

pickarooney

Parse error in sentence.

whuh?

anncoates

Would there ever be a more perfect time for a kid on board to blow up a crisp bag and burst it to frighten the shite out of their parents?

kneemos

Some loon on "medication"mixed with alcohol.

Donkey Oaty

A guy on twitter says:

BBC getting increasingly desperate to keep this story going, now talking to passenger who knows nothing about anything

darkpagandeath

anncoates wrote: »

Would there ever be a more perfect time to blow u a crisp bag and burst it to frighten the shite out of your parents?

I don't know them air marshal's don't take to much crap, Ever seen anger management

BeerWolf

anncoates wrote: »

What would a fighter plane be able to do i that situation?

Shoot it down to stop it crashing into something?

Mainly to assess the situation, and yes... since 9/11, to shoot down the plane if necessary.

Philo Beddoe

Banjo String wrote: »

I would be absolutely dunging myself if I was on that flight and looked out the window to see that fighter jet escorting it. :eek:

Like this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-28662867

For Forks Sake

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

A guy on twitter says:

BBC getting increasingly desperate to keep this story going, now talking to passenger who knows nothing about anything

Wait till Kay Burley shows up...

blueser

brummytom wrote: »

"EYE-WITNESS SAW JET
13:59: Chris Phelan, from Heaton Moor, Stockport, was in his garden when he heard the roar of a jet plane before filming it on his camera.
The 42-year-old said: "I looked up and saw what looked like a Typhoon jet flying close to a passenger plane - I thought, that's odd."


That's your only thought seeing a fighter jet flying next to a commercial airliner?

"That's odd". Jesus, Chris.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuRnlEfIEAAKQuo.jpg

And a picture posted on twitter from a bloke on board;

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuRgilLIQAAz5cZ.jpg

Bog Standard User

its likely the fighter jet was sent to check the plane had no external damage or devices before it attempted to land

kneemos

blueser wrote: »

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuRnlEfIEAAKQuo.jpg

And a picture posted on twitter from a bloke on board;

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuRgilLIQAAz5cZ.jpg

Pretty close if the thing is about to explode.

The Diabolical Monocle

Can't they get someone on board?

Bane got people on board.

Just dangle some people.


Now that we have mobile internet kay burley can appear to the passengers informing them or their inevitable deaths and asking them do they think its going to hurt.

Hotfail.com

These things never have a cool ending.

GAAman

Man escorted off plane by armed police

blueser

GAAman wrote: »

Man escorted off plane by armed police

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuRuwAKIIAAQ7gC.jpg:large

Peanut Butter Jelly

Apparently it is a hoax.

_Whimsical_

Man arrested over hoax threat.

KungPao

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Can't they get someone on board?

Bane got people on board.

Just dangle some people.


Now that we have mobile internet kay burley can appear to the passengers informing them or their inevitable deaths and asking them do they think its going to hurt.

Jesus I can almost imagine it. A Skype conversation with some poor soul in a doomed jet crying and saying their goodbyes to their loved ones until Kay but in with "And it does now appear that all hope is indeed lost for all 250 passengers now, Mr. Johnson. Could you help give our viewers a sense of what you're going through? It must be hard...? *in her mournful "pretend I give a shiit" tone of voice*

rab!dmonkey

I was expecting something to do with a prize-fighter having the craic with a plane full of escorts on the way to/from Manchester.

Very disappointed.

Cantremember

It looks ridiculous: you might have to shoot down a passenger plane so you fly beside it? You think there's a bomb on board so you fly beside it, close enough for shrapnel to bring you down too? A quick fly past on after burners should alert pilots to presence and then stand off and lock on?

El Weirdo

Cantremember wrote: »

It looks ridiculous: you might have to shoot down a passenger plane so you fly beside it? You think there's a bomb on board so you fly beside it, close enough for shrapnel to bring you down too? A quick fly past on after burners should alert pilots to presence and then stand off and lock on?

Did they teach you that at Top Gun school?

Calibos

Kay now talking to someone who is telling Kay what he knows from what he heard reported on Sky News. I have a picture in my head of a snake swallowing its own tail :rolleyes:

billie1b

Cantremember wrote: »

It looks ridiculous: you might have to shoot down a passenger plane so you fly beside it? You think there's a bomb on board so you fly beside it, close enough for shrapnel to bring you down too? A quick fly past on after burners should alert pilots to presence and then stand off and lock on?

It stops the aircraft deviating left or right, meaning if there are terrorists on board they can only go straight, if they have an intended target they are not going to try destroy the plane before reacing the target by crashing into the fighter jet

tricky D

Cantremember wrote: »

It looks ridiculous: you might have to shoot down a passenger plane so you fly beside it? You think there's a bomb on board so you fly beside it, close enough for shrapnel to bring you down too? A quick fly past on after burners should alert pilots to presence and then stand off and lock on?

It flies beside to see who is control of the cockpit before getting trigger-happy.

Cantremember

El Weirdo wrote: »

Did they teach you that at Top Gun school?

No. Air Force One. Now. Get. Off. My. ****ing. Plane.

Fr_Dougal

The guy being arrested had a bit of an Irish head on him.

KungPao

Cantremember wrote: »

It looks ridiculous: you might have to shoot down a passenger plane so you fly beside it? You think there's a bomb on board so you fly beside it, close enough for shrapnel to bring you down too? A quick fly past on after burners should alert pilots to presence and then stand off and lock on?

If it goes tits up, the fighter jet pilot can just do this, not a bother to him.

Cantremember

KungPao wrote: »

If it goes tits up, the fighter jet pilot can just do this, not a bother to him.

All good. Yippee Kay ay.

Cantremember

TheZohan wrote: »

The guy being arrested had a bit of an Irish head on him.

Maybe he was fapping and said "this is the bomb" and they thought he had a, ahem, device?

Reoil

Bog Standard User wrote: »

its likely the fighter jet was sent to check the plane had no external damage or devices before it attempted to land

a) Why would it have external damage?
b) Would it stop mid air, knock politely on the plane door and give the airplane little once-over inside? :rolleyes: