It’s an international airline route that everybody flies.
Who the hell are the Donetskians to declare that their little piece of dirt is sacred and no one can fly over it???
“Who the hell are the Donetskians to declare that their little piece of dirt is sacred and no one can fly over it???”
The “Donetskians” shouldn’t have had to....
Malaysian’s Risk Management Department, and dispatchers, as well as their Foreign Office/State Department/whatever, should have made that call DAYS AGO...
It is an ACTIVE WAR ZONE, for chrissakes.
They weren’t alone in saying planes should not fly over the war zone area.....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration had warned U.S. pilots earlier this year not to fly over portions of the Ukraine in the Crimea region, according to notices posted on the agency’s website.
The notices were posted on April 23. The U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization and the aviation authorities in most countries issue ‘similar notices for areas where unrest or military conflict creates a risk of being shot down.’
was deemed a “no fly zone” by US aviation overlords but not by all countries as i understand, also per Malaysia prime minister they were cleared and got the ‘go ahead’ on taking that route by ‘international’ aviation overlords, but first i heard pilot took that route to.. if u believe this.. “save fuel”
Mike