According to comments in today's press about Blair's memoirs he almost had a civilian passenger plane shot down post 9/11.
A passenger plane flying over London was almost shot down in the panic after the 9/11 attacks.
RAF fighters were in the air ready to destroy the airliner which had failed to respond to radio messages. "I had the senior RAF commander authorised to get my decision," Blair wrote. "The fighter jet was airborne. For several anxious minutes we talked, trying to desperately to get an instinct as to whether this was a threat or mishap.
"The deadline came. I decided we should hold back. Moments later the plane regained contact. It had been a technical error. I needed to sit down and thank God after that one."
Anyone know anymore about this incident, which would I expect have been the major topic in crew-room conversations for some time afterwards?