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Jet2 Málaga-Birmingham flight 'shadowed' by French fighter plane

 

Jet2 Málaga-Birmingham flight 'shadowed' by French fighter plane

thinkSPAIN Team 21/08/2017

Jet2 Málaga-Birmingham flight 'shadowed' by French fighter plane
A FLIGHT from Málaga to Birmingham was tracked so closely by a French fighter jet that the passengers were able to read the number along the side of the craft.

Low-cost carrier Jet2 has called for explanations from France's Air Force as to why one of its fleet was apparently shadowing their plane for as long as 15 minutes as it crossed French air space.

The fighter jet eventually disappeared, and worried travellers who asked the crew on board flight LS1204 what was going on were assured there was 'nothing to panic about'.

Customers admitted to a mix of fear and excitement at being able to see an armed forces aircraft so close out of their plane window, but are still none the wiser as to what it was doing there.

As yet, the French Air Force has not responded to Jet2.

The photograph was taken by 13-year-old Emily Hatfield, travelling to Birmingham from the Costa del Sol with her parents Sarah and Ian.

 

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