the states, and one of the pilots on board the plane has been in e—mail contact with me, mr steve georgianaermany, and for ten minutes they weren't aware that they had a problem. then they were busy trying to fix it, and they were busy trying to fix it, and the pilot said he was busy with the switches, looking down, and he suddenly looked to his left and saw a fighterjets alongside him at very close range, and he says i nearly had a heart attack! you can imagine it, it would be quite a shock. so the fighter jets had it, it would be quite a shock. so the fighterjets had its strobes on, it was trying to contact the boeing jet. the pilot put on his landing lights to acknowledge that he could see the pilot. by that time, they had fixed their radio, so they were able to talk to the fighter pilots and say, everything is ok, it's all right. the fighter pilots stayed alongside for about five minutes. the plane was now talking to the correct radio channel in the uk. they went on their way to the us, and it was all over. but the pilot has also praised the raf. he said amazing how fast the raf reacted