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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

This is how pilots were told mid-flight that the Queen had died

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Pilots flying commercial jets on Thursday 8 September, 2022, had an extraordinary task put before them, as inflight communications informed them that the Queen had died.

Airline pilots shared photographs of the historic bulletin sent to them mid-flight, which offered them the decision on whether or not to announce the death of the monarch while still airborne.

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