Sun May 23, 2021 11:42 pm
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I'm watching this with some sort of car-crash morbid fascination. It doesn't bode well at-all for a whole bunch of reasons, particularly in air transport.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57219860
As I understand it from multiple sources.
- Belarus fabricated a bomb threat
- A MiG-29 intercepted a Ryanair jet on an EU internal flight but overflying Belarus which was forced to divert to Minsk after being ToD for its destination, Vilnius, anyhow.
- All pax deplaned, the journalist, his girlfriend, and four mysterious Russians failed to re-board.
- Aircraft resumes journey, 6POB lighter.
The manipulation of essential safety and security protocols for political ends, violation of Chicago Convention protocols, interception of a civilian airliner by a combat aircraft, seizure of somebody from, effectively, within the EU.
All a bit unpleasant isn't it. One hopes that at the very least we're looking at all flights over and to Belarus being cancelled, expulsion of diplomats, and severe sanctions until Mr Protasevich is released. One hopes, but I suspect we won't actually see that.
G
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57219860
As I understand it from multiple sources.
- Belarus fabricated a bomb threat
- A MiG-29 intercepted a Ryanair jet on an EU internal flight but overflying Belarus which was forced to divert to Minsk after being ToD for its destination, Vilnius, anyhow.
- All pax deplaned, the journalist, his girlfriend, and four mysterious Russians failed to re-board.
- Aircraft resumes journey, 6POB lighter.
The manipulation of essential safety and security protocols for political ends, violation of Chicago Convention protocols, interception of a civilian airliner by a combat aircraft, seizure of somebody from, effectively, within the EU.
All a bit unpleasant isn't it. One hopes that at the very least we're looking at all flights over and to Belarus being cancelled, expulsion of diplomats, and severe sanctions until Mr Protasevich is released. One hopes, but I suspect we won't actually see that.
G
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