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morkalorkyesterday at 6:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

Ages ago there was a Russian citizen they wanted who was flying to the Caribbean. His flight had a surprise landing in Florida with the FBI waiting on the tarmac.


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hdgvhicvyesterday at 6:19 PM

Belarus the same

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryanair_Flight_4978

Flying over a country does not make you immune to that country’s laws.

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dmoyyesterday at 6:25 PM

Notably, he was kept in the US, not sent to prison in another country?