At 00:10 British time, the first red spot fire was started and at 00:11, sixteen blind illuminator marker aircraft commenced marking runs with white parachute flares and long-burning red target indicators (TIs).
At 00:10 GMT, the initial red spot fire was set off, followed by sixteen unmarked aircraft commencing their marking runs at 00:11 using white parachute flares and long-lasting red target indicators.