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The last time a plane was shot down over Russian airspace was KE007 in 1983 International flight paths over Russia are a large source of money for the country,
by isostatic 8y ago
The last time a plane was shot down over Russian airspace was KE007 in 1983
International flight paths over Russia are a large source of money for the country, Russia isn't going to shoot down any airlines.
- Yizahi 8y agoThe fact that russian army shot down MH17 from occupied territory doesn't change much really.
- isostatic 8y agoCorrect. That was over Ukraine, and airlines responded by not routing over an active warzone If a plane were shot down over Siberia, planes would reroute away from Siberia, meaning Russia loses overfly money. Unless the scenario is that Russia comes out and says "we'll shoot down non-Russian airlines", in which case Russian airlines are no longer allowed to fly to other countries, and Russia is cut off from the rest of the world, and we go back to routing via Iran or Alaska (perhaps non-stop). It's an extra 1300 miles from London to Tokyo via those routes, 1200 miles to Beijing, 1000 to Shanghai, and only 600 miles to Hong Kong / Chengdu It'd be annoying, but not even as bad as when it was the USSR. Russia meanwhile would collapse economically.