Scoot Plane Bomb Hoax! Your RSAF tax dollars at work?

[steffychun]

Singapore's air force sent two fighter jets to escort an incoming passenger plane over of a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax, say officials.
There were 144 passengers on board Scoot flight TR385 from Cebu in the Philippines on Sunday when police were alerted to a security threat.
A 13-year-old unidentified male passenger was allegedly behind the hoax, according to local media outlets.
He is currently assisting police with their investigations, said the reports.
A spokesman from Singapore carrier Scoot told news outlet The Straits Times that all 144 passengers and six crew members onboard the plane landed safely at 16:49 (08:49 GMT) on Sunday at Changi Airport.
Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen later said Singapore would "take every threat as real until proven otherwise".
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"Two [fighter jets] scrambled to escort an inbound Scoot plane but it turned out to be a false alarm," Mr Ng said in a post on Facebook.
"[However], the Republic of Singapore Air Force will stay ever vigilant."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48493832

 

[KuanTi01]

The RSAF will deploy the fighter planes at any given excuse or pretext because they needed some reality training scenarios.

 

[steffychun]

 

[Lizzert]

wtf is the purpose of sending 2 expensive fighter jets to fly alongside the airliner..if it really explodes
then all three aircrafts will hamkarchan..don t understand why this practice is in place. Can accept putting the
fighter safely behind the airliner to shoot it down if required but flying side by side is plain dumb

 

[laksaboy]

wtf is the purpose of sending 2 expensive fighter jets to fly alongside the airliner..if it really explodes
then all three aircrafts will hamkarchan..don t understand why this practice is in place. Can accept putting the
fighter safely behind the airliner to shoot it down if required but flying side by side is plain dumb

How else will pilots gain experience? Performing during NDP?

 

[steffychun]

How else will pilots gain experience? Performing during NDP?

Play computer games.

 

[Rogue Trader]

13 year old got free air escort

 

[A Singaporean]

SAF is useless

 

[Narong Wongwan]

wtf is the purpose of sending 2 expensive fighter jets to fly alongside the airliner..if it really explodes
then all three aircrafts will hamkarchan..don t understand why this practice is in place. Can accept putting the
fighter safely behind the airliner to shoot it down if required but flying side by side is plain dumb

Yes escorting is dumb and useless tactic
If got bomb on board what’s the use of escorting?
Either shoot it out of the sky or let it explode.

 

[mojito]

wtf is the purpose of sending 2 expensive fighter jets to fly alongside the airliner..if it really explodes
then all three aircrafts will hamkarchan..don t understand why this practice is in place. Can accept putting the
fighter safely behind the airliner to shoot it down if required but flying side by side is plain dumb

"Escort" is to shoot it out of sky when no choice. Better a hundred over dead than crash into our multi billion dollar airport.

 

[red amoeba]

They should just shoot the plane down. No point risking the plane landing n explode. Esp if flying scoot will be low ses losers.

 

[bobby]

These 4 RSAF pilots should be commended and given bravery awards....for missing out on their lunch and snooze time.

 

[attaphouse]

the 13 year old needs some public caning for wasting everyone's time

 

[bobby]

wtf is the purpose of sending 2 expensive fighter jets to fly alongside the airliner..if it really explodes
then all three aircrafts will hamkarchan..don t understand why this practice is in place. Can accept putting the
fighter safely behind the airliner to shoot it down if required but flying side by side is plain dumb

Don't liddat lah....this is the closest RSAF will get to being in war action. Or else how to get so many paper generals?

 

[bobby]

the 13 year old needs some public caning for wasting everyone's time

Guess the race of this 13 yo?

 

[Valium]

Send his useless parents the bill.
The mother and her mother can work as prostitute.

 

[laksaboy]

Guess the race of this 13 yo?

There were 144 passengers on board Scoot flight TR385 from Cebu in the Philippines on Sunday...