The mystery of the American NY-Delhi flight: why, instead of continuing to India, it was diverted to Rome
Apparently, what happened yesterday, Sunday, February 23, on the American Airlines New York-Delhi flight has the paradoxical. Why, they must have wondered [...]
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Apparently, What happened yesterday, Sunday, February 23, on the American Airlines New York-Delhi flight. has the paradoxical.
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Why, many must have wondered, Boeing 787 was flown for three and a half hours to Rome Fiumicino Airport, when he was by then already on the Caspian Sea, and thus three hours away from his final destination?
Even more legitimate question knowing, as has been reported by the U.S. carrier, that That 'hijacking' had been carried out as a matter of security, inherent in a threat that came to the company that spoke of a bomb aboard the Dreamliner.
Which should prompt any sane company and crews to Land the plane as quickly as possible, thus choosing the nearest airport that was capable by runway characteristics and safety/emergency equipment to accommodate the type of aircraft involved. Now, that airport was Baku, Azerbaijan..
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Instead, flight AA292 continued 'skipping' other 'alternates,' such as Istanbul, to arrive at Fiumicino and be escorted over Italian airspace by two Eurofighter fighters.
American later let it be known that the threat was "very little credible." So, in that case, why not continue on to Delhi? Because, an American Airlines representative explained to France24, "Indian security protocols, and therefore also applied in Delhi, require that an inspection be conducted on an aircraft that reports a threat to its security, before it can land in India".
Put simply: the Indians, a plane with a possible bomb on board does not want it there at their airports. Hence the choice not to proceed to Delhi.
At that point, judged the threat to have little credibility, the 787 made its way to Rome Fiumicino because American operates several flights a day there and knows it can count on dedicated support for both the aircraft and the passengers, while in Istanbul (let alone Baku) it does not fly.
Last question: why, if the threat was really so lacking in credibility. as to cause the company and crew to continue the flight for more than three hours with 199 passengers on board upon arrival over Italian airspace, the Dreamliner was escorted to landing by two Air Force fighter jets? Because that's how our flight safety protocols stipulate. In case an aircraft communicates that it has a 'security problem'.
