Incident Details
An Airprox (AIRPROX) occurred on 20 March 2000 at 1847 hours UTC, approximately 26.5 nautical miles north of Newcastle airport. The aircraft involved were a Shorts SD3-60 100 series, registration G-OLAH, and a Tornado F3.
Exercise Notification
The scale of the exercise was such that it was notified as an unusual aerial activity via an Airspace Co-ordination Notice (ACN), whose distribution included the ATC managers of Aberdeen and Newcastle, and a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM).
NOTAM Timing
The NOTAM came into force at 1900 hours, which was some 13 minutes after the AIRPROX occurred.
Correction to Published Report
In the original AAIB Bulletin report, a sentence read: 'Comply with the rules of the air and flying at the correct quadrantal level maintaining VFR when possible and;'. This has been corrected to state '...maintaining VMC when possible and;'.