Plane off course on day of Her Majesty’s funeral

As thousands gathered along The Long Walk in respect for the funeral procession, flight BA874 overflew the mourners at 3,500 ft.

The time was 2.56pm.

The plane was off course.

It should have been flying the normal route to the north of Windsor.

Departure from that route is only allowed when the plane is above 4,000 ft.

When a plane flies unexpectedly, low and loud, where it should not be – it causes alarm.

On this occasion it was over a large crowd.

Previously, the day that our Queen died, flight VS009 overflew the state apartments of the castle at 2,100 ft.

The time was 3.33pm.

Again the flight was off-course and far too low.

There is a ‘no fly’ zone around the castle, but these outbound flights from Heathrow are exempt from that requirement.

What does ‘no fly’ mean?

Are these outbound flights being controlled sufficiently?

ANDREW HALL Windsor