Originally Posted by
standbykid
Who gave the order to scramble the Typhoons and why? The aircraft was never under the control of a terrorist or under any external threat.
If remember correctly, during the dialogue between the flight deck and ATC, the standard phrase ‘cockpit secured’ was used which was misinterpreted as ‘attempt made to forcibly enter the cockpit repelled and cockpit now secured’, leading ATC to hit the big, red button.