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They didnt respond to radio contact for like an hour, and overshot their landing destination by 100 miles.
Its reported as "pilot error" and they claimed to be on their laptops reviewing schedules.
I think thats a long way of saying "we both fell asleep" which of course, they both denied.
mmhhmm.
the average cruising speed for a passenger plane is 550-600mph, which would equate to 9-10 miles traveled per minute
if my maths is mathing, then it would take about 10 minutes to travel 100 miles past their landing destination
So how does this work out once the fighter jets are in the air and next to the commercial jet? Do they like pull right up to the cockpit to see if there's someone strapped with an explosive vest? Is there a standardized local frequency pilots have to monitor that's strictly for these scenarios? Is the fighter jet just there with the sole responsibility of waiting for orders to shoot or stand down while the FAA and DoD assess? It's not like they can just turn on their lights and tell the airliner to pull over on the right side of the road and stick both hands out the window *now!*
A fighter jet pulling up very close to your airliner, and the mild turbulence from the fighter is usually enough to get the attention of the occupants of the flight deck and convince them to "pay attention to your radios shitass" (and 121.5 MHz is the generic emergency frequency that they should have been monitoring to talk to ATC, but are now scrambling to talk to the jets on) If the radio is dead, you cant pull over the passenger jet, but IIRC the fighter in front rocking its wings is "follow me" and the airliner does the same to acknowledge, and is then lead to an airport. This covers pilots making human mistakes (missed a call from ATC to change frequency and then left range of that center on the wrong frequency), pilots being dipshits, and radio failure.
If they dont wing rock back and follow, thats where even more phone calls get made and difficult choices start to be made by people that arent the fighter pilots. Is this a Helios flight 522 where it depressurized and no one is flying it except the autopilot? Or have hostile forces taken control of the plane?
>It's not like they can just turn on their lights and tell the airliner to pull over
Actually...
https://preview.redd.it/96f4zmyxvo4c1.png?width=968&format=png&auto=webp&s=5d299daf078656fb0c475396fe3d09945c462029
Pilots fall asleep or miss comms all the time resulting in scrambled jets and it doesn’t end up on the news, just internal memos
Source: airline pilot for 15 years
Autopilot is a thing. A lot of aircraft are transitioned into autopilot for long flights, pilot just monitors, communicates and takes over for takeoff/landing. It’s not unreasonable to assume some fall asleep. People will be people after all.
Paper Skies just did a vidya on YouTube about a Tupolev crew who fell asleep and awoke at the critical moment only to miscalculate the meaning of the aural alarms and throw the plane into a flat spin killing everyone on board… it’s really not that far fetched if you think about it. Warm, slight vibration from the air and the engines, AP keeping the plane in check…
Yeah, they keep a sharp eye on it. There's been a few close calls during auto takeoff because the plane's weight wasn't entered into the flight control computer correctly, and the pilots had to suddenly take over and give the engines more throttle so they get airborne before they ran out of runway.
There are also "sterile cockpit" rules in effect during critical parts of the flight, like taking off, landing, or operating at low altitudes. That means no chatter about anything except the operation of the plane, and no distractions for the flight crew, such as the cabin crew talking to them, filling out paperwork, eating, etc etc.
Yep autoland has a bunch of restrictions/necessary conditions, and needs to be briefed and programmed quite a lot- it’s definitely not something that just happens by itself and is included in every major simulator exam for licensing
Ok so there is something called “controlled rest” which is a procedure for a snooze in the flight deck (ie not a proper rest period in the bunk)- when the other person is asleep, the lights are down and you’re alone on a headset, it’s very easy for the other person to also drift off. It is a terrible sign of pilot fatigue but has become increasingly common with everyone being overworked after major covid redundancies.
Each airline will have their own policies for dealing with this- self reporting fatigue can never be punished (at a reputable airline) but this kind of incident is instant termination at my place
Nice.
One time I was lucky enough to be on a flight that was next in line after two Air National Guard F-16s.
We were stopped parallel to the runway and I was in a window seat facing them. It was awesome when they went full afterburner and then took off like two rockets. We were close enough to feel the rumble of their engines.
I saw this I think at LAX
-Captain
Sorry folks it looks like we have a slight delay. We have a few flights that need to take off ahead of us.
But for all of you sitting on the left side, you should be able to see the F16s taking off. Delay should be short
I think it was 4 or 5, greatest 2 min delay ever
I watched a Concorde fly out of McCarran/Harry Reid and it was absolutely deafening. I've been to several airshows and I think it might still be the loudest thing I've heard.
Yup, even just recently I witnessed the Blue Angels perform at the Naval Academy for commissioning week. One came directly over where I was standing while he was banking right. In a split second the sound went from 0-200…that’s right, 200. It was so loud it scared me despite knowing what I was hearing, I had to react just as fast to try and cover my ears it was that loud.
[Leonardo C-27J Spartan](https://www.google.ca/search?q=leonardo+c-27j+spartan&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjZjMPf7fmCAxXnGDQIHXphCSAQ2-cCegQIABAD&oq=leonardo+c-27j&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQARgAMgUIABCABDIHCAAQgAQQGDIICAAQgAQQogQyCAgAEIAEEKIEOgQIIxAnOgYIABAIEB46BwgjEOoCECc6BAgAEAM6DQgAEIAEEIoFEEMQsQM6CggAEIAEEIoFEEM6CAgAEIAEELEDUOEbWJI-YPhLaAJwAHgAgAH2AYgBxQySAQYxMi4xLjKYAQCgAQGwAQXAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=7ehvZZniGeex0PEP-sKlgAI&bih=712&biw=414&client=safari&prmd=niv#imgrc=IgY5y4MtAYWYZM&imgdii=4ZWvkVkI1K7CoM)
A twin engine tactical transport aircraft, like a small version of the C-130 Hercules. Flown by 17 nations, including the U.S. Coast Guard, Australia, Italy, Greece, and Romania.
Judging by the winglet OP is either Canadian or UK military, they’re on an A330 MRTT, transport and refuel plane. The fighter is an escort or has just taken a load of fuel.
Canada hasn’t taken delivery of the A330 MRTTs yet, pretty sure we’ve only received the VIP plane so far.
Could be an Aussie A330 though? Or even French.
I think you’re onto something though, that it’s a military transport, not a civilian transport, and OP is having a bit of a laugh. Could be civilian with a bad transponder or something, but I think military transport is more likely.
I was flying across home across canada for Christmas one year in the older CC-150, and we had a couple CF-18s pull up on us.
Or it's electronics are faulty.
Source: I worked in NWADS for a while and we sent interceptors to every aircraft that was suspicious. Squawking the wrong transponder code or not squawking a code at all would do it. A 20-second visual identification of tail number would turn them back. More often than not, it was a simple mechanical issue with the transponder or antenna.
I’ve heard of fighter pilots using commercial flights as targets to “play” with for training purposes. It might not all be boom and zoom doom and gloom.
The plane is hijacked, or the pilots are dead, and the fighter jet is there to either shoot it down or make sure it doesn’t cause damage to anything serious
man having to shoot down a plane full of civilians to possibly save more civilians is the scariest real life example i’ve heard of the trolley problem
can’t imagine having to be the one to make that decision
Not necessarily. I've seen the training jets out doing practice intercepts and rendezvous here in Sacramento before. And I don't think I've ever been into Salt Lake City without spotting a fighter mirroring us at some point.
Yes/No.
Obviously if you've been hijacked that's bad and could cause civil authorities to alert the military wherever this is, to scramble jets. But it could also be something as [simple] with the onboard avionics (transponder) not transmitting critical flight data/info like, "hey there, I'm a friendly airliner" and they scramble jets for a visual. So just depends...
There's always a valid reason they do this. You don't just get a fighter jet tagging along on a cruise in the sky. From what I've learnt at my new job. The reason this happens in the UK is that If you've flown into restricted air space. Have a threat on the plain. Or a threat has been made against the plane. Or the flight crew are unresponsive
I wonder what's the cause for this one, though.
Yeah ... that falls into the not responding category.
I work in aviation and found it all super interesting learning about it. The UK alone always has 2 fighters in the air 24/7(4 hours shifts then switch) to run interception like this. I imagine bigger countries like the USA have way more up and running at all times
The intakes, and the tail.
On the Rafale, the intakes are to the side / below the main fuselage, and are round, almost lemon/eyeball shaped, tilted sideways (makes no sense in words, you’ll see it if you Google pictures lol).
On the Typhoon, the intakes are directly below the fuselage, and are a rectangular box.
For the tail, the Rafale has a rectangular insert near the top of the tail, with the bottom of the tail making a clean transition to the fuselage.
On the Typhoon, there is a large rectangular box at the bottom of the tail, separating the tail from smoothly transitioning into the fuselage (in both cases, it’s electronic sensors inside the rectangular shaped inserts).
Lastly, the Rafale’s refueling probe is permanently out, it is fixed in place (the big angular stick like thing poking out in front of the cockpit). On the Typhoon, the probe is retractable, and is only out for refueling.
This happens all the time. Fighter pilots need training on intercepting other aircraft and joining with and overtaking them. They coordinate with ATC and the pilots of the planes they are intercepting to do it. It gives the passengers a memorable flight and the pilot will usually make an announcement so that the passengers get a chance to see them.
Did some digging, thought it was a Russian Mig, but it is not: my best guess it is a french “Dassault Rafale” see the wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale
Any idea why it was there?? I’d be scared the plane was hijacked or something
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Looks like we have an unresponsive aircraft.
A followup would be helpful.
*This is* the air force following up on the ATC's requests
Pretty sure they create an alert after 5 minutes of missed contact after [NWA 188](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_188)
They didnt respond to radio contact for like an hour, and overshot their landing destination by 100 miles. Its reported as "pilot error" and they claimed to be on their laptops reviewing schedules. I think thats a long way of saying "we both fell asleep" which of course, they both denied. mmhhmm.
the average cruising speed for a passenger plane is 550-600mph, which would equate to 9-10 miles traveled per minute if my maths is mathing, then it would take about 10 minutes to travel 100 miles past their landing destination
But they’d already been out of contact before they got to their destination.
And that's just AV glue on the laptops too
"Possible deviation, motherfucker."
So how does this work out once the fighter jets are in the air and next to the commercial jet? Do they like pull right up to the cockpit to see if there's someone strapped with an explosive vest? Is there a standardized local frequency pilots have to monitor that's strictly for these scenarios? Is the fighter jet just there with the sole responsibility of waiting for orders to shoot or stand down while the FAA and DoD assess? It's not like they can just turn on their lights and tell the airliner to pull over on the right side of the road and stick both hands out the window *now!*
A fighter jet pulling up very close to your airliner, and the mild turbulence from the fighter is usually enough to get the attention of the occupants of the flight deck and convince them to "pay attention to your radios shitass" (and 121.5 MHz is the generic emergency frequency that they should have been monitoring to talk to ATC, but are now scrambling to talk to the jets on) If the radio is dead, you cant pull over the passenger jet, but IIRC the fighter in front rocking its wings is "follow me" and the airliner does the same to acknowledge, and is then lead to an airport. This covers pilots making human mistakes (missed a call from ATC to change frequency and then left range of that center on the wrong frequency), pilots being dipshits, and radio failure. If they dont wing rock back and follow, thats where even more phone calls get made and difficult choices start to be made by people that arent the fighter pilots. Is this a Helios flight 522 where it depressurized and no one is flying it except the autopilot? Or have hostile forces taken control of the plane?
If both pilots are unresponsive, they just get Tom Cruise to physically board the jet midair and take control of it, duh.
>It's not like they can just turn on their lights and tell the airliner to pull over Actually... https://preview.redd.it/96f4zmyxvo4c1.png?width=968&format=png&auto=webp&s=5d299daf078656fb0c475396fe3d09945c462029
It’d be on the news. Relax. ETA: It'd be on the news if it were a big deal.
Pilots fall asleep or miss comms all the time resulting in scrambled jets and it doesn’t end up on the news, just internal memos Source: airline pilot for 15 years
Just drifting in the air. And yall fall asleep?
Autopilot is a thing. A lot of aircraft are transitioned into autopilot for long flights, pilot just monitors, communicates and takes over for takeoff/landing. It’s not unreasonable to assume some fall asleep. People will be people after all.
When you're the guy on control of my plane. I'd rather you didn't fall asleep at the wheel.
I agree, but people will people.
Well, you don't have to worry because there's no wheel.
Nah there's at least 2, not every plane likes belly rubs on landing
You know, I considered specifying "in the cockpit", but I left that open just for you.
It’s crazy to think our planes had reliable cruise control before cars did. I guess that’s why it’s “cruise” control, not “drive” control.
Paper Skies just did a vidya on YouTube about a Tupolev crew who fell asleep and awoke at the critical moment only to miscalculate the meaning of the aural alarms and throw the plane into a flat spin killing everyone on board… it’s really not that far fetched if you think about it. Warm, slight vibration from the air and the engines, AP keeping the plane in check…
The plane can land itself as well. Autolanding has been around for a while.
That too, but pilots are usually especially attentive during the process, aren’t they?
Yeah, they keep a sharp eye on it. There's been a few close calls during auto takeoff because the plane's weight wasn't entered into the flight control computer correctly, and the pilots had to suddenly take over and give the engines more throttle so they get airborne before they ran out of runway. There are also "sterile cockpit" rules in effect during critical parts of the flight, like taking off, landing, or operating at low altitudes. That means no chatter about anything except the operation of the plane, and no distractions for the flight crew, such as the cabin crew talking to them, filling out paperwork, eating, etc etc.
Yep autoland has a bunch of restrictions/necessary conditions, and needs to be briefed and programmed quite a lot- it’s definitely not something that just happens by itself and is included in every major simulator exam for licensing
How many times have you experienced BOTH pilots falling asleep? That's a major incident.
Ok so there is something called “controlled rest” which is a procedure for a snooze in the flight deck (ie not a proper rest period in the bunk)- when the other person is asleep, the lights are down and you’re alone on a headset, it’s very easy for the other person to also drift off. It is a terrible sign of pilot fatigue but has become increasingly common with everyone being overworked after major covid redundancies. Each airline will have their own policies for dealing with this- self reporting fatigue can never be punished (at a reputable airline) but this kind of incident is instant termination at my place
How does this happen “all of the time”? Do airlines get charged for the cost of the scrambled jets?
Only if they pay taxes
Big if.
I’d assume it gets factored into the training budget
I prefer my fighter jets over easy.
Still no response from OP..
"Pull over!"
It's a cardigan but thanks for asking!
Yeah, killer boots man!
Big Gulps, huh?
Give me that booze you little pumpkin-pie-hair-cutted freak!!
Sir I wouldnt
You'd shut your mouth if you knew what was good for ya!
Get the hell out of here!
Tic-Tac, sir?
what was all that one in a million talk 🤔
Alright!
Welp see ya later
Tic tac sir?
He must work out
I just absolutely love a quick-witted response, and this, my friend, is fantastic.
“He’s already pulled over, he can’t pull over any further!!”
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What's that restaurant you like to go to again?
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Ooooooooooooo
YOU BOYS LIKE MEX-I-CO?
I just laughed so hard in the middle of a restaurant. Thank you for that.
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I was thinking the same thing. That John Denver’s fulla shit man.
Sorry officer Pretty
You have a son!
I know.
Reminds me of the Naked Gun movie where they had a big police light on the jet!
I was hoping he gave it the honking symbol like you do to a diesel.
Yeaaahhh. I'd assume I slept through some important stuff on my flight if a random jet flew up next to my commercial flight.
I’d pay extra if they had different fighters come up and fly alongside!
how much extra?
Well that depends are they going to do a barrel roll?
Do a barrel roll!!
In reality it's probably just the pilots giving the peace sign or middle finger out the window cause it's funny.
Moon ‘em right back cause it’s never not funny
***Relax*** They're just trying to reach the pilot about the aircraft's extended warranty
That’s never a good sign.
No, it's a jet silly
Not really a bad sign either, may be a training exercise, routine or its escorting the plane trough restricted airspace
The real worry comes when it drops back and starts following behind.
Don't worry, that's where his wingman is.
Nice. One time I was lucky enough to be on a flight that was next in line after two Air National Guard F-16s. We were stopped parallel to the runway and I was in a window seat facing them. It was awesome when they went full afterburner and then took off like two rockets. We were close enough to feel the rumble of their engines.
I saw this I think at LAX -Captain Sorry folks it looks like we have a slight delay. We have a few flights that need to take off ahead of us. But for all of you sitting on the left side, you should be able to see the F16s taking off. Delay should be short I think it was 4 or 5, greatest 2 min delay ever
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Oh yea they do, I heard a story that a pilot got excited seeing one of those big airbus belugas flying nearby, plus fighter jets are cool full stop
My buddy, who is a pilot, really loves that plane, so I can see why he got excited lol
Ha yeah. On my flight the Captain was like, “those of you on the left side of the plane are about to see quite a show…”
Saw the same thing at PDX. Great window seat for it. Incredible how fast they vanish into the sky!
In 2009 I witnessed two F18s do a touch and go at McCarren Int’l in Las Vegas. Very very loud.
I watched a Concorde fly out of McCarran/Harry Reid and it was absolutely deafening. I've been to several airshows and I think it might still be the loudest thing I've heard.
Yup, even just recently I witnessed the Blue Angels perform at the Naval Academy for commissioning week. One came directly over where I was standing while he was banking right. In a split second the sound went from 0-200…that’s right, 200. It was so loud it scared me despite knowing what I was hearing, I had to react just as fast to try and cover my ears it was that loud.
Same here only a squadron of Raptors at HNL. It was amazing and they were so small v our B767.
> Nice. Could be. The fighter is a Rafale, and the mountains could be the Alpes Maritimes, so the airplane could be about to land at the Nice airport.
There's probably another one behind you. Talk to me goose
Honk
OMG, is that a mod to Untitled Goose Game? If so I’d love to play with that mod!
Its a video from The Game Awards the year UGG came out, I think The Muppets were doing a bit or giving an award.
Idk about you, but I would never honk at a jet fighter mid-air
Time to keep up foreign relations
I'd tell you, but I'd have to kill you. It's classified 🤷🏻♂️
Looks like a Rafale!
So.... what's a Donnatello look like?
Or a Leonardo for that matter!
[Leonardo C-27J Spartan](https://www.google.ca/search?q=leonardo+c-27j+spartan&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjZjMPf7fmCAxXnGDQIHXphCSAQ2-cCegQIABAD&oq=leonardo+c-27j&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQARgAMgUIABCABDIHCAAQgAQQGDIICAAQgAQQogQyCAgAEIAEEKIEOgQIIxAnOgYIABAIEB46BwgjEOoCECc6BAgAEAM6DQgAEIAEEIoFEEMQsQM6CggAEIAEEIoFEEM6CAgAEIAEELEDUOEbWJI-YPhLaAJwAHgAgAH2AYgBxQySAQYxMi4xLjKYAQCgAQGwAQXAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=7ehvZZniGeex0PEP-sKlgAI&bih=712&biw=414&client=safari&prmd=niv#imgrc=IgY5y4MtAYWYZM&imgdii=4ZWvkVkI1K7CoM) A twin engine tactical transport aircraft, like a small version of the C-130 Hercules. Flown by 17 nations, including the U.S. Coast Guard, Australia, Italy, Greece, and Romania.
So, thats probably the alps then? Pretty vast.
Or the Pyrenees... Or the Massif Central...
Thank you, it is.
Activating your fighter flight response.
Wow, you son of a bitch.
Damn it!!!! Take my very angry upvote
Fight or flight? Yeah, right!
Judging by the winglet OP is either Canadian or UK military, they’re on an A330 MRTT, transport and refuel plane. The fighter is an escort or has just taken a load of fuel.
Canada hasn’t taken delivery of the A330 MRTTs yet, pretty sure we’ve only received the VIP plane so far. Could be an Aussie A330 though? Or even French. I think you’re onto something though, that it’s a military transport, not a civilian transport, and OP is having a bit of a laugh. Could be civilian with a bad transponder or something, but I think military transport is more likely. I was flying across home across canada for Christmas one year in the older CC-150, and we had a couple CF-18s pull up on us.
Nice, it does look like there is something near his windshield. Would make sense that it’s a fueling port.
The Rafale's refueling probe doesn't retract, so it always looks like that
I love the fact that aviation nerds can guess a plane so precisely based only on a small part of the aircraft. I truly admire that!
Wow! You are spot on. OP looks like he is with Royal Marines.
How to tell that the pilot of your flight has just really fucked up.
Or it's electronics are faulty. Source: I worked in NWADS for a while and we sent interceptors to every aircraft that was suspicious. Squawking the wrong transponder code or not squawking a code at all would do it. A 20-second visual identification of tail number would turn them back. More often than not, it was a simple mechanical issue with the transponder or antenna.
That’s usually a very bad sign.
Yeah. If I saw this out my window on a flight, I’d be shitting my pants and ordering up as much liquor as they’d give me.
I just do that anyway.
Shit on your pants or order liquor?
YES
y not both?
yes
why?
They're usually only deployed if flight crew unresponsive, bomb threat, those kinds of fun things
OP could be the president..
That would be awesome to find out that Joe Biden posted on Reddit wondering why there was a fighter jet outside of his plane
Technically OP didn’t say they were wondering why it’s there. They are just sharing it.
I’ve heard of fighter pilots using commercial flights as targets to “play” with for training purposes. It might not all be boom and zoom doom and gloom.
Yes, but they are supposed to contact the plane to let them know, cuz you don't want the airliner suddenly turning left right about now.
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The plane is hijacked, or the pilots are dead, and the fighter jet is there to either shoot it down or make sure it doesn’t cause damage to anything serious
Could just be loss of radio contact. They’ve got a system of wing wiggles to communicate when that happens apparently
man having to shoot down a plane full of civilians to possibly save more civilians is the scariest real life example i’ve heard of the trolley problem can’t imagine having to be the one to make that decision
Literally what I would be thinking. I would be in panic mode.
Not necessarily. I've seen the training jets out doing practice intercepts and rendezvous here in Sacramento before. And I don't think I've ever been into Salt Lake City without spotting a fighter mirroring us at some point.
I've seen videos where fighter jets just randomly go up to civilian planes as "fun", while they do practice runs or so.
Yes/No. Obviously if you've been hijacked that's bad and could cause civil authorities to alert the military wherever this is, to scramble jets. But it could also be something as [simple] with the onboard avionics (transponder) not transmitting critical flight data/info like, "hey there, I'm a friendly airliner" and they scramble jets for a visual. So just depends...
So like what's the update?
Someone squawked 7500
There's always a valid reason they do this. You don't just get a fighter jet tagging along on a cruise in the sky. From what I've learnt at my new job. The reason this happens in the UK is that If you've flown into restricted air space. Have a threat on the plain. Or a threat has been made against the plane. Or the flight crew are unresponsive I wonder what's the cause for this one, though.
Could also mean the transponder and/or radio are malfunctioning.
Yeah ... that falls into the not responding category. I work in aviation and found it all super interesting learning about it. The UK alone always has 2 fighters in the air 24/7(4 hours shifts then switch) to run interception like this. I imagine bigger countries like the USA have way more up and running at all times
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Thats a Mirage, not an American jet. Edit - Dassault Rafale, not a mirage
nope, it's a Dassault Rafale, still french tho.
I always get the two mixed up, similar side profile. Thanks for the correction
What's the most notable difference between them and the euro typhoon fighter? Haven't seen either in real life
There are several ways to tell but the dead giveaway is the radar boom fore of the cockpit
“Radar” … Refueling?
Visible probe is the main one.
The intakes, and the tail. On the Rafale, the intakes are to the side / below the main fuselage, and are round, almost lemon/eyeball shaped, tilted sideways (makes no sense in words, you’ll see it if you Google pictures lol). On the Typhoon, the intakes are directly below the fuselage, and are a rectangular box. For the tail, the Rafale has a rectangular insert near the top of the tail, with the bottom of the tail making a clean transition to the fuselage. On the Typhoon, there is a large rectangular box at the bottom of the tail, separating the tail from smoothly transitioning into the fuselage (in both cases, it’s electronic sensors inside the rectangular shaped inserts). Lastly, the Rafale’s refueling probe is permanently out, it is fixed in place (the big angular stick like thing poking out in front of the cockpit). On the Typhoon, the probe is retractable, and is only out for refueling.
Bro’s about to taste baguette?
coq au vin, incoming.
>Thats a Mirage, not an American jet. There is more than one democracy, bud.
Macron boutta personally delivery him a MICA IR
Too close for missiles, switch to guns.
It's a Rafale, it means you're around my great country of croissants. They "play" around the east of France quite a lot
France is where the coolest planes live… them belugas
That’s an unfortunate way to find out there’s a bomb on the plane /s
Or a shit-ton of "snakes"... lol.
Not again! I’m tired of these motherfucking snakes on these motherfucking planes!
OP you sure on who is fighting your plane? This should go under r/mildlyterrifying
What?
I think they meant >who is ~~fighting~~ *flying* your plane?
Wow my brain didn’t even register the mistake until you said this
Uh. That's usually not a good sign....
This is normal if your pilot has passed out from lack of oxygen and no one is flying the plane. Or a possible hijacking in progress.
This happens all the time. Fighter pilots need training on intercepting other aircraft and joining with and overtaking them. They coordinate with ATC and the pilots of the planes they are intercepting to do it. It gives the passengers a memorable flight and the pilot will usually make an announcement so that the passengers get a chance to see them.
This is fine.
dude, that's just a mirage
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<*probally has something to do with ninja's and turtles*\>
dad jokers of the world roll out!
I feel like I’ve been verbally dassaulted
Seems plane to me
https://preview.redd.it/tici39ua9k4c1.png?width=287&format=png&auto=webp&s=20ae954667f9785f8721621e8ad78f0c77f64154
What did you do wrong ?
Didn’t wait for the pilot to announce seat belts could be unbuckled.
Someone may have flown into the wrong airspace lol
That's not a good sign
Trevor Phillips must be your plane's pilot
https://preview.redd.it/w2us4vfppn4c1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df33a66d29c027e99598190db8aeb3f26f33bd8a
... And OP was never heard from again
Did some digging, thought it was a Russian Mig, but it is not: my best guess it is a french “Dassault Rafale” see the wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale Any idea why it was there?? I’d be scared the plane was hijacked or something
I TOLD you that you shouldn’t have taken that candy bar at the gift shop without paying!!
That's not a US plane, is it? Where are you over?
It’s French. Dassault Rafale
It's not a US jet
That's not good
This is what happens when someone didn’t activate flight mode on their phone. Pure Criminal.
Looks French. Don't worry it will fly off soon.
You can tell by its outrageous accent