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February 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Katie Silver
Last updated at 5:05 PM on 9th February 2012
As he prepared for a routine landing at a tiny island airport, a warning that there were a couple of tornadoes on the way was possibly the last thing he expected.
But moments later, the pilot of the domestic passenger service to Stornoway was forced to take evasive action as two Tornado GR4 warplanes screamed past.
Then, as the confused airman came around for another landing attempt, he spotted a pair of Black Hawk helicopters that air traffic control had not even seen.
A Saab passenger plane landing at Stornoway Airport in the Outer Hebrides got caught up in RAF war games involving 14 military aircraft (file picture)
An investigation heard that the twin-engined Saab turboprop was in fact in the middle of a simulated attack on the airport and had been surrounded by 14 international military aircraft – all of which had
potentially been seconds away from a deadly collision.
The passenger plane, thought to have come from Inverness, was caught
up in disaster-prone war games in the north of Scotland that also jammed
fishing GPS systems in the area.
The turboprop has a capacity of 37 passengers but it is not known how many were aboard at the time.
The
near-miss prompted a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) investigation yesterday which
found that it was a ‘needless incident’ and blasted military planners,
ruling the exercise should have been aborted once it was clear that a
passenger plane was about to land.
The near miss happened at 2.45pm on Tuesday, July 12, two-and-a-half miles from Stornoway Airport on the Isle of Lewis.
As the pilot prepared for a routine landing at the island airport, two RAF Tornado GR4 warplanes screamed past
The
jets simulating the attack had been told during planning
stages that there were no expected civilian aircraft movements at the
time of the exercise.
However, the operation somehow coincided with the arrival of a scheduled flight.
The
report by the Airprox Board – which officially investigates potential
near misses – says that four Tornado jets called Air Traffic Control
(ATC) to say they were east of the airfield that afternoon.
They
were told the Saab was on a visual final approach to the airfield and
to remain to the east.
But the report says: ‘At 1,100ft on the approach
they (the Saab crew) saw two grey Tornado aircraft coming towards them.’
After trying to land once, the pilot tried again only to come dangerously close to two Black Hawk helicopters that air traffic control had not even seen. The helicopters were flying in formation, as seen in the picture
The RAF pilots had been told that there were no expected civilian aircraft movements at Stornoway Airport (pictured) during their mock battle
Seconds
later, the Saab pulled out and circled the airport for another attempt
to land – yet the report says: ‘The military aircraft knew they (the
Saab) had gone around… but still continued to attack their target.
‘On
departure, they (the Saab) spoke to Scottish ATC and were informed that
there were in fact a total of 14 military aircraft close to them at the
time of the incident.’
In
its summary, the investigators’ view was that the incident occurred
because of a breakdown in communication during the planning and
coordination phase of a major exercise.
A spokesman for Stornoway Airport operator Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL) said last night: ‘We
have received and analysed the CAA report and continue to maintain good
relationships with the RAF concerning operations in the Highlands and
Islands region.’
What they do best: Two Black Hawks on a mission over northern Iraq. The stunned passenger plane pilot found out there were 14 military aircraft nearby performing drills
A Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR4 aircraft at low level on a low flying training flight over the hills of mid Wales
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Why were they not flying the Dassault Rafale? It is far superior to any British aircraft
– Shiva, Kerala, India, 9/2/2012 16:55————————-actually very funny, now back to the call centre please before you take our sense of sarcasm as well as all our money.
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Why were they not flying the Dassault Rafale? It is far superior to any British aircraft
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Of course, all aircraft are potentially seconds from disaster as soon as they start taxiing, as are all ships at sea, all cars on the road, etc etc. Also it seems a bit unfair to describe the Saab pilot as confused, it sounds as though he was the least confused person involved.
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Where were the Air Traffic Controllers?
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Thats what happens when you recruit military pilots with only two A levels, including a Grade B in Art and a D in Geography.- Dr Faustus, Heidelberg, 09/2/2012 14:40—– He is in the Army, not the Airforce!——– I see sarcasm washes right over your tiny brain. – gwl , Stoke on Trent, 09/2/2012 16:00 ======= No he got two A levels, one in Maths and one in Art, he got them from painting computers at a Nu Labour Academy..
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crikey…………do cvilian planes have white flags to wave out the windows in emergencys?
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If you drive round the long straight remote fen roads of southern Lincolnshire, you frequently get tornados taking target runs at you from RAF Coningsby. They fly down low up to three miles and come straight at you the zoom over the top and peel off. You you dont know what there doing its quite unnerving. Ive been destroyed (in theory) by them several times.
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Tim ball london.
Not with drop tanks and pods onboard it is not
In fact there is many other reasons the Tornado won’t do 1400 mph
But you won’t find them in google
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The Tornado’s top speed is 1,490 mph (Mach 2.2) not 998 mph.
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Thats what happens when you recruit military pilots with only two A levels, including a Grade B in Art and a D in Geography.- Dr Faustus, Heidelberg, 09/2/2012 14:40—– He is in the Army, not the Airforce!——– I see sarcasm washes right over your tiny brain.
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