I understand the anger against Ryanair aloofness and its dictatorship compliance, but I think it's diverting energy from the real culprits, which are the kidnappers and their boss.
The count to number of citizens of ex-Union countries killed on NATO turfs is now in hundreds. I'd say you are more likely to be shot/strangled to death/stabbed/poisoned/blow up in Europe than back home.
Total impunity, and an obligatory "serious concern"
And yet the West are still happily doing business with them - see Biden lifting sanctions on Nord Stream 2.
If a journalist can be picked up, anyone can be.
Ryann air is at fault, pilot really is - he could have kept his course. It would be a game of chicken and risky. So hard to say what is right wrong here.
Most importantly, its the fact that EU is weak and Belarus did the math and concluded they would get away with it. Simple As that.
It's not like they called to the plane and said "we'd like to kidnap a passenger, please land" and the pilot went along with it.
Avoiding that request could have been another MH17 story.
EU and NATO must show their strength now, it is not up to Ryanair anymore.
MH17 is not related in any way to "bomb on a board" cases.
Russian state terrorists, invaded in Ukraine, shot down MH17 using surface-to-air missile.[0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17
Thank god that it did not happen to Ryanair.
It boggles my mind that anyone would think like this.
There is always a choice, and the latest information (3 days later) show he had more of a choice than previously disclosed.
There's clear guidelines on how to act in the event of interception. He just followed them to the T.