German Eurofighter jets were scrambled this morning at around 1000 UTC to escort Air India flight #AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Heathrow.
The Dreamliner (reg. VT-ANT) was escorted until border were Belgian F-16s joined the Air India aircraft at 1030 UTC for visual contact.
Air India flight #AI171 landed at 1102 UTC at London Heathrow.
Belgian Air Force F16’s (LH-flight) gaan retour basis na het begeleiden van een verkeersvliegtuig van Air India. Einde QRA.
— Scannernet.nl (@Scannernet) March 10, 2017
The reason for QRA is still not known.
