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Few people would want to make a call to shoot down two full passenger jets over a city. With hindsight it would have been the right option, but at the time it's
by onion2k 5y ago
Few people would want to make a call to shoot down two full passenger jets over a city. With hindsight it would have been the right option, but at the time it's unlikely it would have happened even if there had been fighters with missiles available.
- rtkwe 5y agoHijackings also weren't usually suicide missions before then either so it would have been a big leap to decide to shoot them down when you'd normally expect demands and a chance to take it out on the ground rather than just killing everyone on board.