Fighter jet in near-miss with passenger aircraft from Aberdeen

[mhm]

A FIGHTER pilot activated his weapons system in an attempt to locate a passenger plane from Aberdeen carrying 31 people.

A new report has revealed that the F15 jet passed within 1,200ft of a JS41 jet en route to Humberside from Aberdeen.
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/3439787

[viking9]

This incident happened in May and anyone interested in reading the full report and findings can do so here:

http://www.airproxboard.org.uk/docs/423/20130911-2013.09Reports.pdf

Scroll down to find it.

Interesting that Mode C output is lost when rate of climb exceeds 8000fpm. If ever there was a case for full ADS-B for military aircraft in peacetime!