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0 pointsthrow0101a5y ago0 comments

> Why would NATO do anything about an aircraft from a neutral country?

The aircraft's registration is SP-RSM, which is Polish:

* https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fr4978#27cce9a2

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_registration_...

Poland is a member of NATO. Also, Lithuania and Greece, the source and destination of the flight, are also both in NATO.

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rjsw5y ago· 2 in thread

My point was that Ireland relies on being surrounded by NATO countries but doesn't contribute anything to the costs of protecting their own airspace. TBF, it is making noises about maybe getting some fast jets at some point.

throw0101aOP5y ago

> My point was that Ireland

Ireland is not involved in this conversation. All elements are related to NATO countries.

Even the airline, Buzz (aka Ryanair Sun), which is the legal owner of the aircraft, is headquartered in Poland:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_(Ryanair)

* https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-737-800-sp-rsm...

V-25y ago

It's merely a daughter company, owned by RyanAir Holdings. That's why RyanAir itself refers to the flight as (unsuprisingly) theirs.

There seems to be some sort of an orchestrated action behind spreading this distorted version of events - I see it on Twitter as well.

tyingq5y ago

I assume a Ryanair flight would also have had a lot of citizens of NATO countries on-board. I wonder what would have happened if it were a US flagged carrier.

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