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Why would NATO do anything about an aircraft from a neutral country ?
by rjsw 5y ago
Why 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).