Originally Posted by
VThokie2
Big picture you would probably be on the safest plane going in and out of there. No way Hamas would go after a UAE flagged aircraft, quickest way to get the Gulf Arab states to completely abandon any support for them.
Would the Russians go after a Malaysian aircraft? Surely not! But they shot down MAS17.
Would the Iranians go after a Ukrainian aircraft? Surely not! But they shot down AUI752.
The threat of miscalculation during a war is real. Were the two civilian casualties above not a good enough lesson?
Do not fly civilian aircraft through an active war zone.
More info here:
https://ops.group/blog/airspace-risk...t-shouldnt-be/