Hand solo
BA072 has been called by ATC many times on the frequency, and on Guard, and asked other traffic to call them on Guard, another BA flight called them, a Lufthansa and a Qatar airways, on main freq and on guard . eventually, Praha said on Guard : BA072 if you do not answer in 4 minutes, you will be intercepted. Less than 4 minutes later, I heard the interceptor fighter calling him on Guard, only then BA072 replied.
Please correct me if I’m wrong, SOP states that the interceptor A/C will fly in close proximity on the left hand side where it can be seen by the intercepted A/C, and it will flash it’s lights at irregular pace.
Praha told BA072 on guard that he has been trying to reach him for ( many hours) , I can’t imagine how but, I followed his attempts for about 25 minutes.
I believe all the voice recording would still be saved by ATC units for a period of 15 days at least, some one might correct me here.
AV8tor94 , thanks for the clarification.
Heathrow Director
ATC units allover the world have Guard 121.50 , and all pilots allover the world are supposed to monitor it at all times, at least this is as far as I know
Herod
The intercepting fighter did call them on 121.5, I heard him
Now it remains a mystery to me, with the PILOT response system on 777s and having to monitor 121.5 , what has actually happened? I am not about blame here, I am about learning how can such a thing be prevented, I’m not immune to mistakes , I did my share and I expect them to happen as long as I fly, when you work you are bound to err .