Posted on Sep 27, 2015
Have you ever been on a plane and the pilot says "Folks don't be alarmed. We are being escorted by two Russian Migs back to Alaska."
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In 1992 My mom and I were on a Northwestern Airline...don't remember the size...it was a double decker....
We changed planes in San Fransisco and were headed to Tokyo.
Don't know how long we were in the air when the Pilot came on and said..."folks, don't worry....we seemed to have gotten a little lost, but these nice Russian Migs are escorting us back to Alaska.
Later, while stuck on the ground in Juneau for 6 hours....I found out that this plane had three navigational systems and ALL THREE OF THEM went out. Of all the dumb luck....and I was 7 Months pregnant and thought I was going to have my son right then and there. LOL
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Sgt Kelli Mays
It didn't bother me at first till some passenger started acting all freaky and talking about Russians shooting down an airline years before.
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Capt Seid Waddell
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (also known as KAL007 and KE007[note 2]) was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. On September 1, 1983, the airliner serving the flight was shot down by an Interceptor aircraft of the Soviet Union, a Sukhoi Su-15, near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin in the Sea of Japan. The interceptor's pilot was Major Gennadi Osipovich. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed,...
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PO2 Mark Saffell
Have flown to China from Chicago right over Russia but cant say that ever happened to me.
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Sgt Kelli Mays Not that, no. But I did see a Russian Bear Bomber overfly my ship, escorted by 2 f-14's lol.
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Sgt Kelli Mays
A real story....the worst part was being on the ground on the tarmac for 6 hours...we were not allowed to leave the plane...it started to get really hot on board....after a few hours they finally opened up the doors...it seemed like forever before we were able to get going again.
The rest of the flight was uneventful. Thank Goodness. The bad thing is, when we got to Japan, we had to catch another flight to Okinawa and by the time I got there, we went to the hospital on Camp Kue and I spent the next day and a half in the ER. UGH.
The rest of the flight was uneventful. Thank Goodness. The bad thing is, when we got to Japan, we had to catch another flight to Okinawa and by the time I got there, we went to the hospital on Camp Kue and I spent the next day and a half in the ER. UGH.
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Haha no I haven't been. I would think the pilot shouldn't tell the passengers, but then again someone's going to look out the window and see the fighters!
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While somewhat intimidating, to the casual observer, it would appear as if they did you a favor by escorting you to a safe location. I would have expected more information from the Pilot as to what was going on. Remember Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Amazing that all three nav systems went out.
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Sgt Kelli Mays
Yes...I guess we were lucky that day to have help from the Russians and not something else.
You would think with 3 systems, one would keep working.
You would think with 3 systems, one would keep working.
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My experience with Russian Aircraft is mostly with TU-95 Bear/Bomber/Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft. Remember tracking one from take-off at Vladivostok watching it go over Shemya (Alaska) then over us in Adak and starting to wonder when in the Hell the Air Force was going to get around to chasing it out of US Air. They waited until it was Damn near to Anchorage.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
My guess they were "Changing Up". One of the things I used to do was harass the Iranians to get their OOB (Order of Battle) see what equipment they would use when and the last thing you want to do when someone is trying to scope out your OOB is be consistent in your response and I think that was what the USAF was doing.
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