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Spain, France and Italy closed their airspace to the plane. It was a disgraceful incident, but not the same as this. Had Belarus closed their airspace, the rya
by iso1210 5y ago
Spain, France and Italy closed their airspace to the plane. It was a disgraceful incident, but not the same as this.
Had Belarus closed their airspace, the ryanair flight would have had to fly around (or divert to Warsaw or Lviv)
- leosarev 5y agoThey are closed their airspace in coordinated effort to land the plane within reach of authorities searching for Snowden. It's same.
- iso1210 5y agoPlane could have returned to Russia (and probably would if Snowden was aboard) Not defending it, especially the alleged search once it landed, but it was very different to a hoax bomb threat on a commercial plane
- achikin 5y agoThe general question is - can you alter the other country’s airplane path to pursue political goals? And the answer is yes.