I was immediately reminded of this incident as well. But just because it happened before does not make it right now. And Morales was not arrested so there is a

I was immediately reminded of this incident as well. But just because it happened before does not make it right now. And Morales was not arrested so there is a difference. We don‘t know if Snowden would have been arrested or if in that case the plan would have landed. Assuming it wouldn‘t, would anyone really shoot it down, killing a foreign president? I cannot imagine, the repercussions would be enormous. edit: Additionally it seems nobody forced the plane to land in Vienna. Instead what happened was that France revoked the permission to fly over France. That‘s all. The pilot chose where to land and had various options and chose Vienna. Then nothing happened after the landing. It‘s not even close.