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Only about 40km from the border: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fr4978#27cce9a2 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fr4978#27cce9a2 I wonder
by maze-le 5y ago
Only about 40km from the border: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fr4978#27cce9a2 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fr4978#27cce9a2
I wonder what would have happened if they just delayed until they were in lithuanian airspace.
EDIT: just realized there were fighter jets involved...
- rjsw 5y agoWhy would NATO do anything about an aircraft from a neutral country ?
- throw0101a 5y ago> Why would NATO do anything about an aircraft from a neutral country? The aircraft's registration is SP-RSM, which is Polish: * https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fr4978#27cce9a2 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fr4978#27cce9a2 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_registration_prefixes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_registration_... Poland is a member of NATO. Also, Lithuania and Greece, the source and destination of the flight, are also both in NATO.
- tyingq 5y agoI assume a Ryanair flight would also have had a lot of citizens of NATO countries on-board. I wonder what would have happened if it were a US flagged carrier.
- rjsw 5y agoMy point was that Ireland relies on being surrounded by NATO countries but doesn't contribute anything to the costs of protecting their own airspace. TBF, it is making noises about maybe getting some fast jets at some point.
- throw0101a 5y ago> My point was that Ireland Ireland is not involved in this conversation. All elements are related to NATO countries. Even the airline, Buzz (aka Ryanair Sun), which is the legal owner of the aircraft, is headquartered in Poland: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_(Ryanair) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_(Ryanair) * https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-737-800-sp-rsm-ryanair-sun/e2wd5d https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-737-800-sp-rsm...
- V-2 5y agoIt's merely a daughter company, owned by RyanAir Holdings. That's why RyanAir itself refers to the flight as (unsuprisingly) theirs. There seems to be some sort of an orchestrated action behind spreading this distorted version of events - I see it on Twitter as well.
- pandem 5y agoWhat is a neutral country? The flight started from Greece (NATO country) was going to Lithuania (NATO country) and the plane is registered in Poland (NATO country).
- bombcar 5y agoThey could keep flying and force Belarus to shoot down a civilian airliner. Might be a good way to start a war.
- foepys 5y agoI don't think that Ryanair pilots are involved in diplomacy and want to risk their lifes for a foreign country.
- bombcar 5y agoJust tell them it’s a marketing opportunity! “We’re so cheap and dedicated to short flights that we ignore military jets trying to divert us!”
- literallycancer 5y agoThey wouldn't shoot it down. Paper handed pilot. The guy is probably going to get the death penalty so looks like Ryanair pretty much killed him.
- ro_bit 5y agoI think the dictatorship killed him. The pilots just made an unfortunate decision that was understandable given the lack of information and fighter jet on their wing.
- AlfeG 5y agoNot sure why there is so much talk about death penalty - according to other sources these is 3 to 5 years of prison at max. That's of cause if the law doesn't change just for this guy in next few weeks.
- adamors 5y agoThe law doesn't have to change, we're talking about Belarus. He could just disappear in the prison system.
- raldi 5y agoCan you post a screenshot? I'm not seeing any flight path when I go to that link.
- sva_ 5y agohttps://i.imgur.com/Ir9ucRM.png https://i.imgur.com/Ir9ucRM.png
- vmception 5y agoHow long would that have taken them to clear it? 5 minutes?
- alternatetwo 5y agoA comment on /r/de (or /r/europe?) estimated roughly 2 minutes ...