Ryanair bomb scare

[Rapscallion]

Ryanair bomb scare - BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4904124.stm)

Ryanair said a note was passed to cabin crew on the Paris to Dublin flight at about 1400 BST claiming there was a bomb onboard the aircraft.

A "fighter escort" then accompanied the aircraft onto the ground at Prestwick.

QRA in the news again. More here (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=221454)

[Two's in]

Maybe just another Ryanair stunt to get into Ballykelly on the cheap knowing that "Felix" could deal with it when they got there.

[rafloo]

A flight from Paris to Dublin is diverted to.....Prestwick..??? Bit out of the way isn't it?

The flight was accompanied by THREE Tornado aircraft...???? Were they carrying the airborne Bomb Squad...?


And when the aircraft landed at Prestwick, the passensgers were forced to remain ON BOARD the aircraft, whilst the authorities looked for the bomb.?

All sounds very fishy to me...

[Biggus]

rafloo

There are only a few airports in UK equipped to handle the sort of situation encountered by the RyanAir jet - no doubt as a cost saving measure. Stansted is one, and I would assume from what happened that Prestwick is another!

Keeping passengers on board initially also seems to be SOP, as covered by national media in a previous event at Stansted a year or so ago.

Your comment on SA-18 performance on another thread is also 'tosh'!

More research required perhaps?

[Lon More]

And when the aircraft landed at Prestwick, the passensgers were forced to remain ON BOARD the aircraft, whilst the authorities looked for the bomb.?


If there had been a bomb they wouldn't have to worry about him escaping :}

[Professor Plum]

Lon More,

I've just sprayed my keyoard with my morning Tea, and now in need of a new keyboard on reading your comment!

Thanks!

[Green Flash]

OK, Dense caption lit!:confused:

Erm, Paris to Dublin. So why land in UK? Back to CDG with a heap of M2000's traling along or in to Dub with ....ah, might have just answered me own question! Until the Air Corps boys get to hang AIM's on there PC-9's, has the RAF picked up the contract for keeping the Sod of Erin clear of whoever? What about the ROE's? What if an F3 smokes an Airbus into the middle of O'Connell street?:eek:

[Lon More]

Green Flash - this was answered on another thread. The a/c was in UK airspace at the time so UK has responsibility. Irish authorities were probably very happy to let UK take over.
Three Tornados - one pilot could read, one could write and the third one was there to make sure the two intellectuals did their job.

Edited for sp Tornados

[AdanaKebab]

What were the WSO's doing then? ;)

[Talking Radalt]

Keeping the jets in trim :E

[Rapscallion]

Three Tornadoes

Unusual weather for the time of year!

Did the Tornados have to fly round them? ;)

[Green Flash]

Lon

Ah, UK airspace, thanks! Still, I wonder what the SOP's are if it happens in Irish air?

[AdanaKebab]

Did anyone see the bizarre Daily Express article about this? It's been floating around here, generating a lot of amusement.

Selected quotes:

The Top Guns escorting the suspect flight remained ready to blast it out of the sky to avoid another 9/11
Top Guns :p Can't they be more original? And how does a single bomb equate to crashing 4 planes into national landmarks? We take it seriously, but we don't get as hysterical as the Sexpress's hacks.

... the Tornado pilot led more than a dozen crews from bases across Britain ...
Do we have enough aircraft serviceable at any one time for this to be true?

He [the pilot] maintained one-to-one contact with Tony Blair...
Congratulations to TB on gaining his ticket as a weapons controller! We expect him to bolster manning within the CRCs in the next few weeks.

...90 per cent of the passengers were French...
As a colleague said, "if no bomb, engage?"

A communications network - kept on permanent standby - linked vital resources to a top secret command centre deep in the Surrey countryside.
Yep. We never use our telephones, just in case.... And this command centre is SO secret that the Sexpress knows about it but no-one else knows it exists. Hmmm....

Take it from me, this article was 5% fact, 100% guff. Next time you read the Sexpress, please consider the fact that on matters of national defence you might be better off reading The Beano.

AK

[Carbide Finger]

The pair of Tornados didn't get within 5 miles before turning back (for Valley?)

Quite impressive to watch, good work

[Speedpig]

If the note was passed to a crew member, who by?
I would start the investigation by questioning them first.
Was it in French, English or Gaelic?

Well done the press corps.
SP

[Langball]

What has the civvies 'up in arms' is the fact that they kept the passengers and crew aboard the aircraft for two hours after landing. If the incident was serious enough to warrant a divert with military escort, then surely it was serious enough to evacuate the aircraft in a post-haste.

It happened again a few nights later aboard an Aer Arann ATR, it was diverted to Prestwick and the passengers were kept aboard.

Question : if you were aboard an aircraft with the possibility of a bomb aboard, how long would you wait?.

I spoke to a Ryanair pilot and he said that the next time it happens he will declare an emergency, do a full stop landing on the main runway and send the passengers down the chutes.

[The Rocket]

What a hero

:hmm:

[hobie]

I spoke to a Ryanair pilot and he said that the next time it happens he will declare an emergency, do a full stop landing on the main runway and send the passengers down the chutes.

crew report a possible Bomb on board ..... told to divert to an airport designated for such emergencies ..... Tornado escort ..... lands safely ....

..... and then is told 'all to to stay onboard for 2 to 3 hours' ....

Is it any wonder the guy was a bit $$$$ off .... :ugh: