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| Two Royal Air Force "Quick Reaction Alert" Eurofighter Typhoons, supported by an Airbus Voyager refuelling aircraft, escorted Fleet Air International Saab 340AF HA-TAB into Birmingham Airport on Tuesday morning after the Saab 340 had lost communications with Air Traffic Control while operating an early morning cargo charter flight from Bucharest to Birmingham.... |
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| .... while one RAF Eurofighter Typhoon escorted the Saab 340 onto the final approach for landing at the airport the second RAF Eurofighter Typhoon was refuelled as it overflew the airport which had been closed to all other air traffic while the alert was in progress |
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| .... after landing at Birmingham Airport just before 0730 the Saab 340, which is operated by Hungarian charter airline Fleet Air International, was escorted to the Elmdon apron where a large contingent of West Midlands Police officers were already in attendance The RAF Eurofighter Typhoons are based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire while the Airbus Voyager is based at RAF Brize Norton and form part of the "Quick Reaction Alert" force that is tasked with securing the United Kingdom's air space While the airport was closed the morning Ryanair flight from Dublin was forced to divert to East Midlands Airport while other aircraft were held either on the ground or in the air until the Saab 340 landed at Birmingham at which point things quickly got back to normal Tuesday 7 March 2017 |
