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Critics blast decision putting commercial planes near missile risk
Original: This is reckless. Turning commercial passenger planes into targets seems like a particularly bad decision, considering h
Commenters are condemning a move they describe as turning commercial passenger aircraft into potential targets in a region where surface-to-air missiles are present. Critics argue airliners fly too slowly and carry too many civilians to be exposed to such risk, accusing those responsible of treating passengers as acceptable collateral damage and of profiting from the conflict.
Why now: People are alarmed that civilians on commercial flights could become collateral damage amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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- This is reckless. Turning commercial passenger planes into targets seems like a particularly bad decision, considering how slow they fly...in an area with SAMs. Making passengers potential collateral damage so they can war profiteer is ... actually about what I expect from #… · MissConstrue@mefi.social · 7
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