BBC misleads regarding standard operating procedures

[Ian]

BBC misleads regarding standard operating procedures for scrambling fighter jets

Hi all

Was just watching BBC News 24. There was a report about the plane en route to Washington which was diverted to Boston because some woman allegedly had... of all things... a screwdriver and some handcream.

Anyway, in the conversation that followed, the BBC reporter insinuated that it's only since 9/11 that fighter jets are routinely scrambled.

Here is my complaint. If you saw it you can complain at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/make_complaint_step1.shtml

Cheers, Ian

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The news presenter insinuated that it's only since 9/11 that fighter jets are sent up to accompany suspicious aircraft during emergencies.

Please see this CBS article from August 2002:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/14/attack/main518632.shtml

It's opening paragraph states:
(AP) The military sent fighter jets to chase suspicious aircraft 462 times between Sept. 11 and June, nearly seven times as often as the 67 scrambles from the same period a year earlier.


So, between September 2000 & June 2001, the US military scrambled planes on 67 occasions, as has been standard operating procedure for many years.

You might like to read Nafeez Ahmed's "The War on Freedom" or come to see Dr David Ray Griffin when he speaks in London on September 9th in order to understand how misleading your reports about US fighter jet scrambling are.