Wasn't there a Sudanese gentleman on board the Libyans especially wanted to chat to, over a cup of tea?
And weren't there some strange British characters on board, sort of anonymous, with big boots?
And didn't several people work out that the ageing MiGs launched by Libya could never have caught up with a VC10 at FL35 or so and in normal cruise, and didn't have any AAMs that could do the job from behind and below? And then wonder why it was that the VC10 bothered to land when told to? The word "pre-arranged" sprang to some lips, I think.
All from dim and distant memory...the post rang a vague bell. I've probably got it all wrong and no doubt someone will tell us so.