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

Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by adamjb on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:17PM (#27259871)

The Dassault Falcon 900EX doesn't have enough range to get from Moscow to Bolivia. It might've had enough fuel to get across the Atlantic, but only if they were planning on refueling in the US or Canada after making a large deviation from the direct route. I think it's most likely they were planning on making a fuel stop somewhere in the old world and were carrying an amount of fuel commensurate with that.

edit: Yep, according to Portugal they initially requested a fuel stop in Lisbon before they were grounded. When they ultimately left Vienna they refueled at the Canary Islands.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/03/edward-snowden...

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by Scoundreller on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:54PM (#27260082)

Even Lisbon to La Paz is pushing it at 8670km. Their plane doesn't have winglets, so its range is max 8300km. Not sure if that's fully loaded or best-case scenario. Good thing they went to the Canary Islands.

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=dme-lis-lpb&DU=km

Or maybe they planned another tech stop in the Americas.

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by emn13 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:51AM (#27274079)

A more plausible Portuguese refueling stop could have been the azores, those are sort of close to half-way between moscow and la paz, and both legs of that journey are well within the 900EX's range.

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