Originally Posted by
First_In_Last_Out
There was no need to intercept this aircraft, it took off from the UK, flew a flightplan (of sorts) .
I'd suggest history shows it's very dangerous to assume something can be disregarded as a threat simply on the basis of the fact that it took off from the "home" nation and didn't arrive from overseas.
I
can however see why there wasn't a cat in **** chance of QRA of any description stopping the aircraft landing at Valley.
As for the decision to allow the subsequent departure....I'm a bit
.