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P-lease! the case is crystal clear: the MIG was used to threaten the plane into landing!
by ilyaeck 5y ago
P-lease! the case is crystal clear: the MIG was used to threaten the plane into landing!
- iso1210 5y agoThe MIG was no doubt there to ensure the plane obeyed air traffic control It's not unheard of for military jets to escort civilian planes to an airport, for example https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ryanair-flight-escorted-by-two-raf-fighter-jets-into-stansted-airport-a3650106.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ryanair-flight-escort... (Of course the situation of how the bomb threat came to be is different in this case, and IMO airlines now need to avoid Belarus overflights)
- varispeed 5y agoHave you read this? https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/05/911-oral-history-flight-93-book-excerpt-228001/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/05/911-oral-... https://twitter.com/PavelLatushka/status/1396519000830582784 https://twitter.com/PavelLatushka/status/1396519000830582784 Belarusian Air Force fighter-interceptor manoeuvred to signal to the pilots of a Ryanair airliner:follow me”. The captain of the civilian aircraft was obliged to obey. The captain may have disobeyed the dispatcher's command, but the threat from a military aircraft was obligatory.