Posted on 08/20/2017 6:17:52 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
THE last thing you want to see when you look out the window of your plane is an air force fighter jet on your tail.
But that’s exactly what terrified passengers on board a flight from Spain to Britain spotted overnight, sparking panic on board the budget airline.
Jet2 flight 1204, a Boeing 737-800, was part-way through its journey from the tourist hotspot of Malaga to Birmingham when it passed through French air space.
That’s when two Mirage 2000 fighter jets suddenly appeared and shadowed the aircraft for more than 15 minutes, AirLive reported.
Passengers on board the Jet2 flight from Spain to Britain were nervous about two French air force fighter jets tailing their plane.Source:Flickr
Passenger Sarah Hatfield told the BBC that one of the jets was so close she could read the writing on its tailfin. Her daughter Emily took a picture on her mobile phone.
Passenger Emily Hatfield snapped this photo of a fighter jet shadowing the flightSource:Twitter
Cabin crew were alerted and they informed the pilot.
It was eventually announced that there was nothing to worry about, Ms Hatfield said.
But she described the mood on board as “a mixture of excitement at seeing the fighter so close up and terror as to if we were about to get shot down”.
The incident, Saturday afternoon local time, came on the back of deadly terror attacks in Spain.
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Unless its Captain Mohammed piloting the fighter, it would make me feel safe.
When you fly to Jamaica from Miami you fly over a part of Cuba and you get a Mig off each wing all the way over. It is a little strange.
Gay indeed. Her hubby should have been telling her how much he loved her and had them joining the mile high club.
What was the panic? What BS.
If you see them, they’re friendlies. Bad guys would have shot rockets up your keister before you could see them.
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