Originally Posted by
Yellow Sun
There was no “practice emergency”, the aircraft departed as an exercise Search and Rescue sortie and the flare ignited in the bomb bay shortly after departure from RW 31.
The radio and intercom transcript can be found on the internet.
Now we have sorted Perranporth YS has reminded us about the above 'real emergency' at St Mawgan. As an example of (dealing with the unexpected) the actual crew response to this event was quite incredible, as the 'emergency' was a rapidly changing scenario, and indeed the transcript is well worth the effort to track down. A classic lesson in CRM.