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> the pilot's job is to follow instructions from ATC ... until pirates entered to cabin: > What we know so far: KGB operatives boarded the plane in Athens thi
by app4soft 5y ago
> the pilot's job is to follow instructions from ATC
... until pirates entered to cabin:
> What we know so far: KGB operatives boarded the plane in Athens this morning together with Roman Protasevich (he noticed dodgy-looking ppl taking pics of him at the gate). Then when the plane has entered Belarus airspace KGB officers initiated a fight with the Ryanair crew (1/2)[0]
> insisting there’s an IED onboard. Eventually the crew was forced to send out SOS (literally moments before the plane would've left Belarus airspace). MiG-29 took off and escorted it to Minsk. Security services entered the plane and arrested Protasevich¹. (2/2)[1]
¹ Later yesterday press published info that not only Protasevich was arrested, but also his girlfriend which was also on that plane.
[0] https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1396446650718117890 https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1396446650718117890
[1] https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1396446652349784068 https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1396446652349784068
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoTo be sure, you obey the person pointing a weapon at you, instead of ATC. But it's moot; the pilots would likely not have known that these air pirates and Belarus ATC were acting in concert, unless the pirates wanted them to know that. Confusion and chaos are friends to criminals.