Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', opposition says

Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by Ekaros on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:47AM (#27255853)

Don't think that is exactly practical for many flights... Specially around Eastern Europe...

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by GekkePrutser on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:18PM (#27258206)

It wasn't practical for MH17 to fly around the Donbass either but it would have prevented a terrible tragedy.

And there flights weren't even officially targeted. This flight was intercepted by an armed military jet. From there it can quickly escalate in the event of a misunderstanding.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by raverbashing on Sunday May 23, 2021 @12:16PM (#27256149)

At some point, it doesn't matter.

Qatar was doing massive detours a couple of years ago to keep flying (of course money wasn't an issue for them)

But detouring Bielorussia might be even cheaper than forced landings, who knows.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by rebuilder on Sunday May 23, 2021 @12:20PM (#27256194)

Who would want to fly over Belarus now?

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by arodyginc on Sunday May 23, 2021 @01:07PM (#27256618)

I have no problem flying over there, lol

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by Jeff_Brown on Sunday May 23, 2021 @01:12PM (#27256663)

Probably lots of other individual people too. Perhaps the bigger question is which airlines would want to.

Unless Ryanair's reputation takes a big hit, I'm guessing the answer is all of them.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by dzhiurgis on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:33PM (#27259253)

For the specific flight in question that would've been around 60km or 5 minute detour.

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