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Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?

31 points by abrimo 13y ago

itan1um 13y ago
He still has no passport though...
farolino 13y ago
That may be the single most blatant piece of PR I have ever seen!
- zv 13y ago
  Indeed. Who cares if he travels from Moscow to Ecuador in single trip or several. Seems like blatant advertisment which just screams "Call PrivateFly"
  - farolino 13y ago
    Roll up, roll up and join the Edward Snowden publicity train (or plane)!
  - jensnockert 13y ago
    It even actually says just that right at the bottom of the article.
- mynameisme 13y ago
  If anyone had any doubt about there being voting rings on this site, this story just proved it.
  - zorbo 13y ago
    It answered a question I've been asking myself, so I upvoted it.
- abrimo 13y ago
  Yea it really is - I have nothing to do with these fellows but I found it interesting nonetheless so I posted it.
midnitewarrior 13y ago
You can fly wherever you want. No international commercial airline will let you on their plane unless you have a valid passport / VISA for the destination. If you show up by private plane, you will have to show your passport to enter the country, or else you are denied entry. Currently, Snowden is denied entry to Russia, and is stuck in the "Transportation Zone" of a Russian airport, unable to enter the country. Snowden was in discussions for asylum with Russia (who would issue papers allowing him in if granted), but Snowden has reconsidered this option and is seeking asylum elsewhere.
- abrimo 13y ago
  When you board a commercial airline you have to show that you have a valid visa/passport for your destination however that is not technically checked until you go through that country's immigration service. So would it be possible for a private jet to pick up Snowden and drop him in Ecuador where he could officially apply for asylum? It sounds like the main issue is that he has to be in Ecuador to apply.
  - TylerE 13y ago
    Very tricky because any private jet isn't going to have the range to make that in one hop.
    - ra 13y ago
      No but maybe it could fly over the arctic to iceland, refuel then to somewhere in northwest africa for a quick refuel, then across the atlantic. Bit of a trek but possible?
- Torn 13y ago
  He's also had his US passport revoked - if he does fly, it'll have to be accompanied by diplomats or similar with special dispensations
  - toomuchtodo 13y ago
ck2 13y ago
A better question is if such a flight would ever arrive considering how close it would come to the US east coast. Remember it's now magically legal to kill US citizens without a trial. What makes me ill is that there would be a number of people arguing on both conservative and liberal networks that this is acceptable.
dnesteruk 13y ago
This is shameless advertising.
NonEUCitizen 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5970940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5970940
rafski 13y ago
It's hard to think US would not intercept the plane at some point over the ocean. Could be the case even with a commercial flight.

31 points by abrimo 13y ago

itan1um 13y ago

He still has no passport though...

farolino 13y ago

That may be the single most blatant piece of PR I have ever seen!

zv 13y ago
Indeed. Who cares if he travels from Moscow to Ecuador in single trip or several. Seems like blatant advertisment which just screams "Call PrivateFly"
- farolino 13y ago
  Roll up, roll up and join the Edward Snowden publicity train (or plane)!
- jensnockert 13y ago
  It even actually says just that right at the bottom of the article.
mynameisme 13y ago
If anyone had any doubt about there being voting rings on this site, this story just proved it.
- zorbo 13y ago
  It answered a question I've been asking myself, so I upvoted it.
abrimo 13y ago
Yea it really is - I have nothing to do with these fellows but I found it interesting nonetheless so I posted it.

midnitewarrior 13y ago

You can fly wherever you want. No international commercial airline will let you on their plane unless you have a valid passport / VISA for the destination. If you show up by private plane, you will have to show your passport to enter the country, or else you are denied entry. Currently, Snowden is denied entry to Russia, and is stuck in the "Transportation Zone" of a Russian airport, unable to enter the country. Snowden was in discussions for asylum with Russia (who would issue papers allowing him in if granted), but Snowden has reconsidered this option and is seeking asylum elsewhere.

abrimo 13y ago
When you board a commercial airline you have to show that you have a valid visa/passport for your destination however that is not technically checked until you go through that country's immigration service. So would it be possible for a private jet to pick up Snowden and drop him in Ecuador where he could officially apply for asylum? It sounds like the main issue is that he has to be in Ecuador to apply.
- TylerE 13y ago
  Very tricky because any private jet isn't going to have the range to make that in one hop.
  - ra 13y ago
    No but maybe it could fly over the arctic to iceland, refuel then to somewhere in northwest africa for a quick refuel, then across the atlantic. Bit of a trek but possible?
Torn 13y ago
He's also had his US passport revoked - if he does fly, it'll have to be accompanied by diplomats or similar with special dispensations
- toomuchtodo 13y ago

ck2 13y ago

A better question is if such a flight would ever arrive considering how close it would come to the US east coast. Remember it's now magically legal to kill US citizens without a trial. What makes me ill is that there would be a number of people arguing on both conservative and liberal networks that this is acceptable.

dnesteruk 13y ago

This is shameless advertising.

NonEUCitizen 13y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5970940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5970940

rafski 13y ago

It's hard to think US would not intercept the plane at some point over the ocean. Could be the case even with a commercial flight.