British Airliner Has Close Call with Israeli Fighter Jet

[NYCA News]

NYCAviation:

British Airliner Has Close Call with Israeli Fighter Jet (http://nycaviation.com/2010/10/british-airliner-has-close-call-with-israeli-fighter-jet/)

A British passenger plane strayed into Israeli airspace after taking off from Egypt and nearly collided with an Israeli Air Force fighter jet, the Israeli military said on Tuesday.
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[USAF Pilot 07]

Oops.. Wonder where the SNAFU came from? I just flew over Sharm-El-Sheik yesterday, wasn't too busy, but to be fair, the Egyptian controllers can be very difficult to understand and are known for more extensive re-routings through Egyptian airspace. Could have been a mistaken waypoint entered or omitted in the box.

[hiss srq]

Whoopsies is right.... PUCKER PUCKER.