Airpolice,
I do not know where Tigerfish has obtained the impression that the aircraft diverted over the accident area, but it is my understanding that it was returning to base at the time of the accident. Where he raises an interesting point though is in relation to the earlier diversion to the East of Glasgow where several orbits were flown over parts of the motorway network, after low fuel warnings had illuminated. It seems totally inconceivable that there was no traffic on the police radios in relation to this activity, nor apparently any post facto attempt to identify what might have occasioned it. Given the fuel situation, it must surely have been of some significance to have caused the crew to prolong the flight.