No, with Iran shooting at our drones in that space, it’s probably precautionary so they avoid a replay of the Malaysia Airlines shootdown in Ukraine when airlines continued flying directly over the hostile zone.
No balloon up.
This NOTAM will severely disrupt flight activities, United canceled its Filght 49, more to come.
This is not done lightly.
Yes, and here is an update on the Russian shoot down and murder of 298 civilians on MH-17... International Arrest Warrants have been issued for the following Russians ....
The most prominent of the four is Igor Girkin (also known as Strelkov), who prosecutors say is a former colonel in Russia’s FSB intelligence service. He was given the minister of defence title in the rebel-held eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
He is believed to be the highest military officer in the area who was in direct contact with the Russian Federation.
Sergei Dubinsky (known as Khmury), who prosecutors say was employed by Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, was a deputy of Mr Girkin and in regular contact with Russia
Oleg Pulatov, known as Giurza, who the JIT says was a former soldier of GRU special forces and deputy head of the intelligence service in Donetsk
Ukrainian national Leonid Kharchenko, who has no military background but led a combat unit as a commander in eastern Ukraine, according to prosecutors
“These suspects are seen to have played an important role in the death of 298 innocent civilians”, said Dutch chief prosecutor Fred Westerbeke.
“Although they did not push the button themselves, we suspect them of close co-operation to get the [missile launcher] where it was, with the aim to shoot down an aeroplane.”
Investigators, he added, had “evidence showing that Russia provided the missile launcher”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48691488