Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by bandyaboot on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:39PM
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Not allowing transit into and through your airspace is not exactly the same thing as allowing transit into your airspace then forcing them down in your country.
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by throwaway21_ on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:21PM
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It's not exactly the same but it's almost the same - multiple countries synchronously closing their airspace so plane can't just go around single one thus basically forcing plane down as it could run out of fuel is quite similar to faking bomb alert in order to force plane down. Only lame excuse is different.
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by iso1210 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:25PM
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Spain, France and Italy closed their airspace to the plane. It was a disgraceful incident, but not the same as this.
Had Belarus closed their airspace, the ryanair flight would have had to fly around (or divert to Warsaw or Lviv)
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by leosarev on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:33PM
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They are closed their airspace in coordinated effort to land the plane within reach of authorities searching for Snowden. It's same.
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by iso1210 on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:15AM
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Plane could have returned to Russia (and probably would if Snowden was aboard)
Not defending it, especially the alleged search once it landed, but it was very different to a hoax bomb threat on a commercial plane
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by achikin on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:49PM
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The general question is - can you alter the other country’s airplane path to pursue political goals? And the answer is yes.
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by DangerousPie on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:41PM
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> This is exactly what Belarus just did.
No it's not?!
This is exactly what Belarus just did. The US and it's allies are now strongly objecting that it's illegal and improper to do exactly what they've previously done.
The idea of mutually agreeing to allow commercial transportation aircraft to transit your airspace is supposed to be that this is not done. It is hugely hypocritical for the US to have used this same tactic, even if done through proxies.