Time line of events from what we have been told in the news so far...Evo Morales my interpretation [View all]
Evo made an off record comment that Snowden was welcome in his Country...
His pilot...ALL pilots must submit a flight plan prior to take off...
They had a scheduled stop in portugal to refuel before crossing the Atlantic...Standard procedure before cross atlantic flights...get refueled nearest the coast in a direct flight path to destination.
Mid-flight when they got to French/Italian air space they were DENIED passage and flew in circles burning fuel...
They were then additionally, notified that Portugal would NOT let them land to refuel at their scheduled stop...if you bother looking at a map you will see why that was their refueling stop duh...
So here we are flying in circles and being denied right of way or landing rights at their designated stop for a bullshit reason or no explainable reason...now they are being told to readjust their flight plan and land where they are directed to in another Country!...they refused...back to flying circles demanding right of way across French, Italian air space...
As a good pilot would and knows, he does not have enough fuel for the trans atlantic flight so he declares a non emergency equipment failure to try to get a landing permit to access a fueling stop in Spain or Portugal...he is STILL denied access to French Italian, Spanish airspace and landing rights in Portugal...and is directed....DIRECTED to land in Austria...once on the ground he is refueled but DENIED clearance to take off again for 13 hours because the Austrian authorities and the Italian attache want to inspect the plane...Evo Morales REFUSES they drag on until the Bolivian minister threatens to go public to a French attache who after these 13 hours captive on the grounds of Austria gets confirmation AND an apology from the French president that he didn't "AUTHORIZE" his flight through french airspace earlier...
By the way for those directionally impaired Austria would be out of the way and the least desirable flight path for refueling out of a nominal trans-atlantic stop in Portugal or Spain to Bolivia...they would not bother refiling in France or Italy that is still too far a distance for a reliable or "comfortable" RESERVE fuel load when crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Bolivia....
So let me ask a dumb question to all you posers defending this shit...
Since when the fuck does the French President have to "authorize" flights through French national air space?? NEVER unless it was DENIED in the first place...
Since when does the Italian Minister have to bother with a denial denial if there was not truth in denying access to Italian air space...
Why is Spain not providing ANY response...just a flat denial that they refused air rights...
Who the fuck exactly refused landing at the designated Portuguese stop and what was the justification for informing them hours into a flight that they would be denied landing rights but...hey if you want to try it you can fly through our air space...lol...what bullshit.
So what we have is a collusion of the stinky "foot" states in the Atlantic BLOCKING a diplomatic plane from completing its registered flight path with no explanation and NO legal Justification...again...A DIPLOMATIC FLIGHT...and they requested to inspect the plane? screw all you defenders...this breaks about 7 International laws and treaties on dealing with diplomatic attaches and property...
There is also an additional report that a US diplomat allegedly demanded that the plane be searched while on the ground in Austria if so...that son of a bitch should be taken to the Hague and lets find out where his orders came from...
This stinks to high heaven and I never expected such disregard of INTERNATIONAL LAW from this administration or ANY administration from the US...I guess this country really is fucked...
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