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Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 4:30 pm
by Brightonian
TimW wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 3:13 pm
^ Apparently the air traffic transcript shows that the bomb info was communicated to the pilot shortly after entering Belarus, but the conversation took a while. By the time the aircraft turned it was nearer to Vilnius than Minsk, but...
ATC: RYR 1TZ for your information, we have information from special services that you have bomb on board and it can be activated over Vilnius.
Pilot: 1TZ Standby.
Pilot. 09:31:17: Ok RYR 1TZ could you repeat the message?
ATC: RYR 1TZ, I say again we have information from special services that you have bomb on board. That bomb can be activated over Vilnius.
Pilot: Roger that, standby.
ATC: 09:31:42: RYR 1TZ for security reason we recommend you to land at UMMS.
That would explain (to me, who has no clue about flight paths) why it took that weird route to Minsk: the pilot would be thinking "get the f.ck away from Vilnius asap, in fact don't go into Lithuania at all, or even near it, including that funny sticky-outy bit at the bottom right. But also have to get to Minsk asap as we've got this bomb on board."
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 5:05 pm
by dyqik
As a story, it's obvious b.llsh.t. A bomb that can activated near Vilnius could also probably be activated when the terrorists see the plane divert. If only to obscure the physical evidence of the bomb itself.
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 5:23 pm
by IvanV
I was surprised to discover that nearby Białystok isn't an option either, because Białystok is the largest city in the EU without a proper airport.
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 5:33 pm
by TimW
Brightonian wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 4:30 pm
...in fact don't go into Lithuania at all, or even near it, including that funny sticky-outy bit at the bottom right.
We may traditionally call it sticky-outy, but actually it's
Stakų Ūta.
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 10:09 am
by IvanV
TimW wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 5:33 pm
Brightonian wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 4:30 pm
...in fact don't go into Lithuania at all, or even near it, including that funny sticky-outy bit at the bottom right.
We may traditionally call it sticky-outy, but actually it's
Stakų Ūta.
That's brilliant and very funny. Well spotted. You couldn't make it up. Many thanks.
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 12:45 pm
by Trinucleus
noggins wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 11:35 am
Of course there wasn’t a bomb onboard.
If there had been, Ryannair would have charged £99.99 carry-on bomb fee.
Instead, everyone was charged £19.99 hijack fee
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 2:37 pm
by TimW
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 3:01 pm
by Woodchopper
At least two European airlines have been refused permission to fly to Moscow by Russian authorities after the carriers requested to fly an alternative route bypassing Belarusian airspace.
Russia's move, underlining Moscow's support for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's regime, comes as the European Union mulls fresh sanctions against Belarus following what leaders have described as the state-sanctioned hijacking of a passenger flight over Belarus last Sunday.
Austrian Airlines canceled a scheduled flight from Vienna to Moscow on Thursday, saying in a statement: "A change in flight routes must be approved by the authorities. The Russian authorities did not give us this permit. As a result, Austrian Airlines had to cancel today's flight from Vienna to Moscow."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/27/europe/b ... index.html
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 3:04 pm
by Woodchopper
And wouldn’t look more fake if it mentioned Salisbury’s famous 123 meter cathedral spire.
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:02 am
by shpalman
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:28 am
by FlammableFlower
Is that a "real" threat or Russia playing silly buggers to get back at the EU?
Re: Ryanair/Unplanned landing in Belarus
Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 10:17 am
by Brightonian