Mon May 24, 2021 3:12 pm
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the passengers booked a flight from one EU country to another and there is no requirement to clear customs when crossing an airborne border with the intention to overfly. The passengers have no input into the route taken, they rely on the airline to provide a safe route, a route to them which remained inside the EU.
The flight was hijacked and nothing less.
I don't think Belarus should even have access to the passenger list, so those removed where clearly being watched. Maybe the individuals should have chosen to route differently, knowing how controversial they are, however this is very unprecedented.
I would be very interested to hear the flight deck recording to see how much of a protest the Ryanair pilots put up. I suspect that the conversation had been ongoing for most of the Belarus transit. It would be interesting to see where the interception actually occurred
The question is, would Belarus have been stupid enough to follow through with the threat to shoot it down? Would it have been deemed an "act of war" against an EU state?
I do agree with @PeteSpencer it isn't our problem, but as a part of the global community we have to object, the the same way Norway or New Zealand should.
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