In a statement, PIRC added: "As is standard procedure, the case was referred by Police Scotland and a report will be submitted to them in due course."

The incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission - but this is believed to be standard procedure when a person is hurt during a police incident.

The source said that the pilot of the plane, which took off from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt and was headed to Kazan, contacted the air traffic control tower in Damascus as per standard procedure and didn't mention any unusual incident, and only asked for permission for the plane to rise from 34,000 feet to 36,000 feet and was granted permission since this request isn't out of the ordinary.

"It is not a standard procedure of Ericsson's, we have changed our processes", he said.

In addition, as it is costly and difficult (but not impossible) to estimate accurately the actual occupants in each space, the standard procedure is mostly based on the design occupancy profile, leading to over-ventilate the spaces yielding less than design occupants and consequently waste of energy.

Colonoscopy is commonly performed for the early detection of colon cancer in people aged 50 years and older, in the standard procedure a long flexible tube is used to see the lining of the colon.

She confirmed that ferries approaching the port were held in the English Channel under "standard procedure."

The spokesman added that the police response was merely standard procedure for this type of situation.

Hussain Hachem, Aramex CEO for the Middle East and Africa, said it is a standard procedure at Aramex to temporarily halt shipments from a destination in question where irregularities have been noted.

Under the standard procedure, the company with the lowest bid enters technical clarifications and commercial negotiations with Petrobras.

An England spokesman said: "This is standard procedure for all players left out of the squad."

ADANGEROUS move to save time which may have killed a steelworker has been branded a "standard procedure".

The crash, which caused major delays on the Narborough Road into Leicester, has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, "as is standard procedure", the spokeswoman added.

John Houston, general manager at Abbots-bury Tourism Ltd, said the birds were found by a member of staff and Defra was notified as part of standard procedure. "Our main concern is the welfare of the swans, staff and the general public," Mr Houston said.