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The deflected Ryanair plane risked to be shot down

London, United Kingdom - A RAF source declared that to British press

Paris-Dublin Ryanair flight, which was deflected to the Scottish Prestick airport Wednesday for a bomb alarm (see AVIONEWS for details), could have been shot down by one of the two Tornados escorting the airplane. That is what an anonimous source of RAF (Royal Air Force) revealed to a British tabloid. It was not actually a suspicious pack on board of Boeing 737 to start the alarm, but a note with the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 139276
Rome, Italy, 04/14/2006 16:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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