vivalapivo comments on On September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 37 points 1 day ago (6 children)

3 planes were allowed or am I dumb

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Civilian airspace

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[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I can't read apparently

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[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I mean of course the airspace wasn’t closed to fighter jets, how else are they going to enforce it?

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

TBF, ground-to-air guns and missiles exist. AKA FLUGABWEHRKANONE - even children can operate it!

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

We don't have those set up across the US though. A plane with have to fly within a few miles of a military base.

However you can get a fighter jet anywhere within the US airspace fairly quickly

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 17 hours ago*

But can a child fly a fighter jet? Checkmate, bolsheviks.

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