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Old 5th March 2019 | 17:35
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Don't Get Lost

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Expensive mistake to stray into controlled airspace.
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Old 5th March 2019 | 18:42
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I guess that this the type of situation that the listening squawk code 0013 has been made for.
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Old 5th March 2019 | 19:00
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ATC were unable to make contact with the aircraft, good job it wasn't Heathrow and he got shot down - dramatic perhaps but unidentified aircraft, no contact, could have ended a lot worse.
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