Originally Posted by
judge11
.........and the Typhoon is achieving what? Genuine question.
Something that has been missed so far is that if there were an explosion in one of the holds the Typhoon would be there to inform the pilot what, if any, damage had been sustained to the aircraft. An A330 is a big aircraft and a single bomb would have to be quite big to bring it down. The Typhoon pilot could inspect the aircraft after any explosion and tell the pilot what external damage can be seen and whether the flaps, gear, etc. had been damaged. From this the pilot could determine the best action to take to get the aircraft down safely.