Ariana Afghan B722 near Urumqi on Aug 9th 2009, bomb on board?
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Lets assume there was explosives onboard. Is that really an ethical response from China trying to prevent the aircraft from landing and making it someone elses problem? I would have thought the abmulance and fire trucks would have been to help any injured passengers in the event of a detonation, not an attempt to block the runway or prevent access. I know for a fact if a flight bound for Sydney was suspected of having a bomb onboard it is in our Aussie nature to get it down and help everyone survive. |
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China and Australia are different in terms of locations aswell, its much harder to tell them to go home when its so far away. |
There are still things to consider like duty of care etc.
If they turned that flight around and it exploded mid-air on its way back there would be huge outcry from the community. Assisting it to land and disembarking passengers to avoid that from happening is everyones responsibility. Just because one destination is more islolated than another means nothing. Would you be ok if one of your family was on that flight and rather than get all the assistance necessary to land the flight was made to turn around? Even worse if something catastrophic occured on the return leg and nobody survived. This is one of those issues that shows the world is not yet ready to be a global community. |
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it international law that an aircraft in distress must be allowed to land, even if other conditions (weather etc) might normally require it to divert? Of course that requires signitures on treaties etc, but is there really any justification/event anywhere for denying a flight with some sort of critical emergency permision to land?
That said though, weren't there some incidents like that back in the 80's around the middle east where runways were blocked to stop terrorist hijacked flights from landing? |
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