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Old 21st May 2019, 11:07
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Originally Posted by BEagle
Denflnt wrote:

Being escorted by fighter aircraft? Hardly - it was a routine AAR trail from Saudi Arabia to Cyprus which was flight planned and being flown in Saudi controlled airspace...

A polite request for identification would have been a different matter - it was the brusque "Identify yourself" and "Clear to proceed" which I found unreasonably arrogant.
such a tragedy, an ATC person not flowering up his language to your taste, possibly they were using standard phraseology? hope you have found your safe place, and your comfort blanket...
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