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Huh, surely the Belarusian government wouldn't dare shoot it down? But I guess if I were the Ryanair captain responsible for all souls onboard, landing it is the safest choice.

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> Huh, surely the Belarusian government wouldn't dare shoot it down?

No sane or insane pilot is going to risk it, however. Unless the pilot was certain that his and all of passengers fate were in danger, they are going to follow that fighter jet.

I think that just changed hours ago. Flying over Russian/Belarus is now considered harmful.

A sane government would not, but a sane government would also not hijack the plane.

Iran shot a commercial passenger plane down last year, so it isn't exactly outside the realm of possibility.

Not intentionally.

No need to go looking for examples from halfway across the world, Russia was complicit in the downing of MH-17 over Ukraine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MH-17#Cause_of_the_crash

And directly responsible back in the Soviet era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007

A court in Canada ruled that it was intentional https://nationalpost.com/news/world/iran-shot-down-plane-ful...

It was a default judgment.

Would that need to be either Iranian or some international court? Why would a Canadian court be responsible for Iranian air zone?

What international court?

Because it was mostly Canadians murdered on that aircraft.

Yes, intentionally:

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/iran-shot-down-plane-ful...

Iran shot a commercial passenger plane down last year, so it isn't exactly outside the realm of possibility.

Don’t forget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/09/14/a...

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