Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by varispeed on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:58PM
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That depends - they wouldn't want a plane with a bomb to explode over a city for example, so the jets could be used to "neutralise" the threat.
Obviously in this case the bomb was fake and so the threat...
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by ilyaeck on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:01PM
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P-lease! the case is crystal clear: the MIG was used to threaten the plane into landing!
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by iso1210 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:21PM
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The MIG was no doubt there to ensure the plane obeyed air traffic control
It's not unheard of for military jets to escort civilian planes to an airport, for example
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ryanair-flight-escort...
(Of course the situation of how the bomb threat came to be is different in this case, and IMO airlines now need to avoid Belarus overflights)
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by varispeed on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:57PM
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Have you read this? https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/05/911-oral-...
https://twitter.com/PavelLatushka/status/1396519000830582784
Belarusian Air Force fighter-interceptor manoeuvred to signal to the pilots of a Ryanair airliner:follow meβ. The captain of the civilian aircraft was obliged to obey. The captain may have disobeyed the dispatcher's command, but the threat from a military aircraft was obligatory.