aircraft over colchester followed by two fighter jets
 

Anyone know why what looks like GLF4 is flying around essex and Suffolk
Followed by fighters ... Passed over colchester about 19:45 ?

Just seen military fast jet zoom climb to the north. I'm just south west of STN.

Coincidence perhaps but VERY loud sound of explosion about 45 minutes ago.

Perhaps an escort for aircraft just landed at STN?

Agreed - single Typhoon seen on breakout from Stansted approach from our back garden. Trees prevented my seeing anything else, but cannot confirm the report of an explosion.

Northbound Gulf 4 on FR24 descended from FL390+ and looped down over East Anglia and back towards Stansted, disappeared from FR24 cover around Harlow at 3000ft, so hopefully into Stansted. Perhaps a Loss of Communications? Lots of unscheduled holding away from Lamborne to the east.

Routine training using the '4' as a typical airliner 'target'?

I hope so, or someone will be having tea, NO biscuits with management after the scramble bill is viewed?

aircraft over colchester followed by two fighter jets
 

Unusual for the escort to land isn't it ?

`Sound of Feedom`......could have been a bit louder and really rattled the curtains...if..!
Hope the G4 Captain has a big credit card......

Flights disruption at Stansted due to emergency incident as RAF Typhoon fighter jets accompany passenger plane into Essex airport | Saffron Walden News | News & Events in Saffron Walden | Cambridge News

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/two...f247c6b009df53

BBC Essex tweeted: Essex Police speak to 3 people on Learjet, escorted into Stansted by military jets on precautionary basis. Officers say all in order

Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!

Flightradar track ? Seems quite convoluted!

Think it was N990EA.

- Her Majesty's Government has ordered you to change heading South West -

I wonder if it was spoken by a controller in a white horsehair wig :)

All the best to the crew, London Center did not seem to happy about it.

FR24 suggests the flight originated in mid-Med west of Sardinia? And then dropped off FR24 just west of the M11 and a long way south of Stansted. How does that work?

Ah, one of them there GulfstreamLearjets. The BBC gets it right, just as usual. :p

G450 N990EA Lagos - Luton

Prolonged loss of comms so the usual procedure followed. Positioned Stansted-Luton around 2245 local

MoD deny a sonic boom from Typhoons. Denial widely disbelieved.

well I really really doubt that Gulfstream did that...

The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth games started at 20:00hrs

"Fighters scrambled as rouge jet sparks fears of 911 terror attack on opening ceremony":ok:

That wouldn't be one of the nine rouge jets that flew directly over the ceremony, then? :O