naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoAn airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the planewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkAn airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the planewww.businessinsider.comnaturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squarecoffeebiscuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSerious question: what would these fighter planes actually do in such situation?
minus-squareChozo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThey’d get a really big megaphone and tell the pilot “Pull over!” jk, they’ll just fire a Sidewinder missile at it if it deviates from its flight path.
minus-squareAidinthel@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI guess they could shoot the airliner down if it starts flying toward any towers.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoYup, some higher up will make the call to shoot it down before more damage can be made.
minus-squarebisby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoBut that wasnt the threat. They were going to stop him from blowing up the plane by… blowing up the plane.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoIn theory, the threat could have just been a bluff to gain control of the plane.
minus-squareFootnote2669@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThere is a difference between the plane being blown up over London, or shot down over farm fields
minus-squareTrollception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoGuessing it gives them information on what is actually happening on the plane. If the pilots were being held against their will they could be following orders from a hijacker.
Serious question: what would these fighter planes actually do in such situation?
They’d get a really big megaphone and tell the pilot “Pull over!”
jk, they’ll just fire a Sidewinder missile at it if it deviates from its flight path.
I guess they could shoot the airliner down if it starts flying toward any towers.
Yup, some higher up will make the call to shoot it down before more damage can be made.
But that wasnt the threat. They were going to stop him from blowing up the plane by… blowing up the plane.
In theory, the threat could have just been a bluff to gain control of the plane.
There is a difference between the plane being blown up over London, or shot down over farm fields
Guessing it gives them information on what is actually happening on the plane. If the pilots were being held against their will they could be following orders from a hijacker.
Sounds logical.