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Fighter jets were scrambled from Hungary and Romania for Turkish flight TK418 from Moscow
ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Although many airline operators around the world have suspended their flights to and from Russia, some carriers from neutral countries are continuing their flights to the destinations in the isolated country from the international community. (www.airlinerwatch.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
A question from my uninformed position: Were the "intercepted" plane refuse to be escorted, what would happen?
What does a fighter "escort" have anything to do with a bomb threat? What are they going to do? I was on a flight once, American Airlines DC-10 that got a bomb threat and we made an emergency descent and diverted to an airport only 20 mins from the destination, evacuated via the slides, got interviewed and fingerprinted by the FBI, and put on a bus for the rest of the way. But no fighters. Of course that was in the USA and back in the 80's, but I still don't get it.
No fighter jets *that you saw*.
I assure you, they were up there.
I assure you, they were up there.
The commercial flight could be used as a bomb. I seem to remember such an event in 2001.
Just keep supplying Turkish DRONES to Ukraine... Lots of 'em...
Hungary and Turkey both have reasons for supporting Putin. Mostly down to their respective leaders being authoritarian wannabes like their hero in Moscow. India is sitting on the fence because it’s weapons supplier is Russia while it’s hated enemy is China and Chinese armed Pakistan. Countries like S Africa still see Russia as friendly because most of the anti-Apartheid governments ministers were trained in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Same goes for Algeria, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, and dozens more. Venezuela wouldn’t be where it is now without Russian FSB police and oppression training. Russian power has been pervasive and undermined democracies for 100 years - Putin is an extension of that. Many of you need to read and study the history of the past 200 years because much of this goes back that far. Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. Those of us who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it.