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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by iso1210 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:25PM (#27257772)
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)

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by leosarev on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:33PM (#27258344)
They are closed their airspace in coordinated effort to land the plane within reach of authorities searching for Snowden. It's same.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by iso1210 on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:15AM (#27261762)
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

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by achikin on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:49PM (#27259349)
The general question is - can you alter the other country’s airplane path to pursue political goals? And the answer is yes.
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