Syrian AA missiles

[TBM-Legend]

MUSIC

Next door this is what they do....


elbit c music anti aircraft - YouTube

[500N]

Is that a Charlie Gustache he was using ?

(As in 84mm Carl Gustav Anti Tank weapon ?)

[BOAC]

BA "intelligence" said not to fly over the area ..

- yes - a question worth asking - how did they come to that decision?

.. but there were certainly carriers out there that knew to stay away from the area....

- not including, I understand, LH and AirIndia who obviously had not come to the same conclusion. The need for an over-arching 'intelligence' and airspace inhibition is paramount. Airlines need guidance. You simply cannot 'avoid' all conflict areas.

I recall operating BA schedules, flying over 'the former Jugoslavia' during the conflict with not a word from 'company' about it nor where not to divert - and looking down at the gun flashes on the ground and wondering......

[wrecker]

"BA Intelligence" is an oxymoron.
Commercial interest would be more appropriate