FlightFollowerC17 pilot deviates from flight plan to fly over hometown at low level
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A massive €200 million US Air Force jet went on a detour in Irish airspace - so its pilot could fly over his hometown, it has emerged. the flyer in charge of the huge C-17 Globemaster III was allowed to vary the jet’s route from America to the Air Corps base at Baldonnel in west Dublin to fly over Longford, where the officer was born, as well as sightseeing the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare
Timeline
A massive €200 million US Air Force jet went on a detour in Irish airspace - so its pilot could fly over his hometown, it has emerged.
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Development of the situation
the flyer in charge of the huge C-17 Globemaster III was allowed to vary the jet’s route from America to the Air Corps base at Baldonnel in west Dublin to fly over Longford, where the officer was born, as well as sightseeing the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare
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Response or continuation
A massive €200 million US Air Force jet went on a detour in Irish airspace - so its pilot could fly over his hometown, it has emerged.
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Resolution or outcome described in the account
the flyer in charge of the huge C-17 Globemaster III was allowed to vary the jet’s route from America to the Air Corps base at Baldonnel in west Dublin to fly over Longford, where the officer was born, as well as sightseeing the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare.
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Accident Facts
- Airports
- DUB (Dublin)
- Category
- Military
- Reconstruction
- 4:41
Audio from the original air traffic control recording, sourced from public recordings and released investigation records. The reconstruction, animation and written account are our own.
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