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Given how many other aircraft depart tehran on that same route to the northwest that would be a massive error given how close it is to the airport.
by kitteh 7y ago
Given how many other aircraft depart tehran on that same route to the northwest that would be a massive error given how close it is to the airport.
- saberdancer 7y agoThat is what makes it problematic, but then again MH17 was also flying a regular route. People on edge make mistakes, and this plane was not flying on schedule which could have been what caused them to misidentify the plane. In a normal situation they'd investigate but this was not a normal situation.
- kitteh 7y agoEh to be fair there were plenty of NOTAMs out warning against the routes MH17 was on. However, the amount of garbage in NOTAMs makes it incredibly difficult for people to parse and take appropriate action. There are some great efforts by folks like Ops Group to try uplevel this space but it's difficult when people are overly broad with warnings for the sake of covering their ass legally. Then there are the situations where two countries are arguing over airspace boundaries, etc.
- rurban 7y agoYeah. But this was the very first morning flight at 5:15 AM this day, and possibly end of shift of a trigger-happy revolutionary guard in high alert. Massive error very likely. And very unlikely that it will be actually solved.
- saberdancer 7y agoThe plane was delayed on takeoff so it was "off schedule". It can trick you into thinking it's an unknown plane.