An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane
An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane
Spain sent two F-18 jets to flank an easyJet airliner after an 18-year-old said on Snapchat he was going to blow up the plane, per the BBC.
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Serious question: what would these fighter planes actually do in such situation?
I guess they could shoot the airliner down if it starts flying toward any towers.
But that wasnt the threat. They were going to stop him from blowing up the plane by.... blowing up the plane.
There is a difference between the plane being blown up over London, or shot down over farm fields
By blowing up the plane before it can blow up and whatever else it hits.
In theory, the threat could have just been a bluff to gain control of the plane.
bluffing a threat to the plane by snapchatting your friend would be a weird move. No one on the plane even knew a "threat" was made.
It seems like "we have no details at all about the threat (because it wasn't actually credible), so let's just be prepared for every situation" is the logic.
Yup, some higher up will make the call to shoot it down before more damage can be made.
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.
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.