How do you force a passenger plane down, they can’t just shoot a civilian aircraft if the pilots refuse?

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How do you force a passenger plane down, they can’t just shoot a civilian aircraft if the pilots refuse?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

They can and would if it seemed necessary. I think they’d prefer that to another 9/11. If the plane has really been hijacked by someone intending to use it in that way, the civilian passengers are going to die anyway, so it’s a matter of preventing further death.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Who is “they” in this question?

Because a lot of armed groups and countries have demonstrated that they will in fact shoot down civilian aircraft.

Anonymous 0 Comments

The pilots are bound to follow laws and the ramifications are huge at that level. You’re not getting sued. The country’s Attorney General is coming after you.

The whole flight crew would lose their livelihood for sure.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

That actually is what they would do. They’d attempt radio and signals first to order it down of course. Maybe even a burst across the bow. But end of the day if the order is to force the plane down the only way to do so is to shoot it down, and they would

Anonymous 0 Comments

Specifically in this case, they called in a bomb threat. Which gives them justification to send up an “escort” fighter jet to ensure the “safety” of all the passengers on board and force the plane down. In other words, they lie in such a way that the airline can’t afford to refuse.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Oh, they certainly can shoot the plane down.

When you fly over the sovereign territory of Country B, you have to do what the government says or the Air Force of B will be permitted to shoot you down.

There are international agreements to regulate this, and some countries have violated the rules and been sanctioned for it.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Actually they can, wikipedia lists 39 cases

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_incidents

Anonymous 0 Comments

They CAN shoot the plane down. Sure, it would suck for the hostages onboard but I’m sure in a post 9/11 world, it’s preferable to losing even more lives. An airborne passenger plane is a potential missile.

Anonymous 0 Comments

First off you tell them there is a bomb onboard which makes the pilots fairly compliant. Then you fly a fighter jet right up to the cockpit and give them a close view of the missiles that your plane is armed with and tell them that you are from a country who has a soviet style “elected” dictator in charge who has no qualms about killing anyone.