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I remembered that incident and searched Google for more details. According to Wikipedia[0], the plane was not "forced down" — it was denied air space by several
by azangru 5y ago
I remembered that incident and searched Google for more details. According to Wikipedia[0], the plane was not "forced down" — it was denied air space by several countries, requested an emergency landing in Austria, and was searched in the airport. At no point were any American or NATO jet fighters involved in forcing the landing.
[0] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident#Forced_landing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident...
- spoonjim 5y agoThe entire thing was at the direct orders of the US. What isn’t “forced down” about being denied airspace until you need to make an emergency landing?
- azangru 5y ago> What isn’t “forced down” about being denied airspace until you need to make an emergency landing? reply I thought "forcing down" implies that the enforcer decides when and where you land. For all we know, Morales' plane could have turned around and flown back to Russia, I suppose? I don't know what his options were. But that Ryanair plane, as far as I understand, didn't have any options.