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> Shortly after, the court was told two Spanish F-18 fighter jets were sent to flank the aircraft. Genuine question: what's the point of scrambling fighter jet
by penguin_booze 3y ago
> Shortly after, the court was told two Spanish F-18 fighter jets were sent to flank the aircraft.
Genuine question: what's the point of scrambling fighter jets to escort a passenger one? Is the intent to shoot the plane down, if it comes to that? But if the bomb were to go off, what are the fighter jets supposed to do? Won't they, too, get damaged in the blast?
- gridspy 3y agoVisual confirmation of who is in the cockpit Standard way to establish contact with someone who is not responding on the radio and is violating a nation's airspace Possible way to shoot down a (hijacked) plane prior to it impacting a significant site on the ground.