1 Interception of Civil Aircraft
1.1 All unidentified aircraft within the airspace over territory and territorial waters of the State of Qatar may be intercepted by air defence fighters.
1.2 In order to reduce the possibility of interception, aircraft can assist the process of identification by:
- Maintaining listening watch on the appropriate ATC frequency and 121.500 MHz
- In the case of transponder equipped aircraft complying with the transponder operating procedures specified in ICAO Doc 8168 - OPS Vol 1, Part III, Chapter 1 (i.e. in the absence of any ATC directions, operate the transponder on Mode A Code 2000)
1.3 Aircraft being intercepted are required to immediately comply with instructions given by the intercepting aircraft.
1.4 In the event of interception of an aircraft, the applicable procedure and visual signals are those specified in ICAO Annex 2, Appendix 1 and Appendix 2, respectively.