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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by cortesoft on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:16PM (#27257695)
Iran shot a commercial passenger plane down last year, so it isn't exactly outside the realm of possibility.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by elliekelly on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:26PM (#27257783)
Not intentionally.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by tremon on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:58PM (#27258020)
No need to go looking for examples from halfway across the world, Russia was complicit in the downing of MH-17 over Ukraine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MH-17#Cause_of_the_crash
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by V-2 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:13PM (#27259483)
And directly responsible back in the Soviet era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by cmrdporcupine on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:25PM (#27258281)
Yes, intentionally:

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/iran-shot-down-plane-ful...

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by cortesoft on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:23PM (#27258255)
A court in Canada ruled that it was intentional https://nationalpost.com/news/world/iran-shot-down-plane-ful...
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by elliekelly on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:14PM (#27258647)
It was a default judgment.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by tut-urut-utut on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:33PM (#27258779)
Would that need to be either Iranian or some international court? Why would a Canadian court be responsible for Iranian air zone?
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by cmrdporcupine on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:25PM (#27260557)
Because it was mostly Canadians murdered on that aircraft.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by cortesoft on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:37PM (#27259270)
What international court?
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by goatinaboat on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:50PM (#27257962)
Iran shot a commercial passenger plane down last year, so it isn't exactly outside the realm of possibility.

Don’t forget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

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