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Is there even a credible report of it being accompanied by a military jet? The reports I have seen are all sketchy on that part.

by publicola1990 5y ago

estaseuropano 5y ago
I think what you are doing ia astroturfing but just in case anyone believes this bullshit, there is zero doubt that a fighter jet went up and 'escorted' the plane. https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-edcf633281e3e9a55b2d994b96eb029b https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-edcf633281e3e9a55b... https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/05/belarus-journalist-apprehended-in-minsk-airport-after-emergency-landing-must-be-released-immediately/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/05/belarus-journ... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-23/belarus-detains-reporter-on-ryanair-flight-forced-down-in-minsk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-23/belarus-d... In case of any doubt left, here is an official sanction decision on this signed by 27 countries: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/05/24/belarus-declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-forced-diversion-of-ryanair-flight-fr4978-to-minsk-on-23-may-2021/ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021...
- whimsicalism 5y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
  - Symbiote 5y ago
    What really degrades the discussion is completely uninformed people joining in with lazy statements. Estaseuropano should have read a news article rather than ask a useless (at best) question.
    - whimsicalism 5y ago
      Both degrade the discussion :)
topspin 5y ago
TASS reported it thus: MINSK, May 23. /TASS/. Belarus’ defense ministry has confirmed that a MiG-29 fighter jet was scrambled on Sunday to escort the Ryanair passenger plane that made emergency landing at Minsk’s airport. "After the polit[sic] of this civil aircraft (the Ryanair plane - TASS) decided to land at an alternate airport (Minsk-2) and turned the plane towards Minsk, it was decided to scramble a MiG-29 crew on duty from the Baranovichi airport (Brest region)," the ministry said on its Telegram channel, citing Andrei Gurtsevich, chief of the air operations and first deputy commander of Belarus air and air defense forces. https://tass.com/world/1292845 https://tass.com/world/1292845 That's a Russian state controlled 'news' agency reporting on the events of an ally.
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Is there even a credible report of it being accompanied by a military jet? The reports I have seen are all sketchy on that part.

estaseuropano 5y ago

I think what you are doing ia astroturfing but just in case anyone believes this bullshit, there is zero doubt that a fighter jet went up and 'escorted' the plane. https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-edcf633281e3e9a55b2d994b96eb029b https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-edcf633281e3e9a55b... https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/05/belarus-journalist-apprehended-in-minsk-airport-after-emergency-landing-must-be-released-immediately/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/05/belarus-journ... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-23/belarus-detains-reporter-on-ryanair-flight-forced-down-in-minsk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-23/belarus-d... In case of any doubt left, here is an official sanction decision on this signed by 27 countries: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/05/24/belarus-declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-forced-diversion-of-ryanair-flight-fr4978-to-minsk-on-23-may-2021/ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021...

whimsicalism 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
- Symbiote 5y ago
  What really degrades the discussion is completely uninformed people joining in with lazy statements. Estaseuropano should have read a news article rather than ask a useless (at best) question.
  - whimsicalism 5y ago
    Both degrade the discussion :)

topspin 5y ago

TASS reported it thus: MINSK, May 23. /TASS/. Belarus’ defense ministry has confirmed that a MiG-29 fighter jet was scrambled on Sunday to escort the Ryanair passenger plane that made emergency landing at Minsk’s airport. "After the polit[sic] of this civil aircraft (the Ryanair plane - TASS) decided to land at an alternate airport (Minsk-2) and turned the plane towards Minsk, it was decided to scramble a MiG-29 crew on duty from the Baranovichi airport (Brest region)," the ministry said on its Telegram channel, citing Andrei Gurtsevich, chief of the air operations and first deputy commander of Belarus air and air defense forces. https://tass.com/world/1292845 https://tass.com/world/1292845 That's a Russian state controlled 'news' agency reporting on the events of an ally.

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