07aug KLu QRA: British Airways intercepted by 2 Volkel F-16s

[Stratofreighter]

...and the province of Zeeland was suddenly wide awake because of this "scramble"...

http://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/1001 ... in-Zeeland
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Monday, 7 August 2017, 23:06

Intervention by F-16's causes popping in Zeeland

Two Dutch F-16s have gone through the sound barrier around 22.15, near Zeeland. The crates were on their way to a passenger plane for an intervention. That says a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, if requested. The passenger plane had lost contact with the traffic congestion and the F-16s were taking pole height.

Nothing wrong

In the end, nothing seemed obvious and the F-16s returned. Dozens of people have mentioned loud bangs and vibrating windows. In Terneuzen and Vlissingen for example.

[Bennie]

Don't you just love Google translations.... pole height... locally known as poolshoogte

[frank kramer]

And there are probably lots of people that would agree that " traffic congestion" is the only logical result from the activities of air traffic controllers ; just as "crates" is to direct a translation of the Dutch word "kisten", a colloquial term for aircraft

[Sowald]

And the crates were on their way to the passenger plane.
No clue that a crate could brake the sound barrier.

[Alpha Kilo One]

Brake is OK. Because when you break it, it's kaput.....

[76-er]

Anyone in the know which BA flight this was about?

[witje]

BA633

[Stratofreighter]

Was this indeed a Boeing 767 (yes, a widebody!) from Athens to London

[Wildpicture]

The crates were on their way to a passenger plane for an intervention.

How did they get that for each other?

[Alpha Kilo One]

We'll keep you up the height.....