cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40976381
The plane carrying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Florida for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump passed through the airspace of three countries that are parties to the International Criminal Court, despite an active ICC arrest warrant against the Israeli leader.
Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 showed Netanyahu’s aircraft, known as “Wings of Zion,” crossed the airspace of Greece, Italy and France before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
All three countries are signatories to the Rome Statute, which obliges member states to cooperate with ICC arrest warrants.
Has there ever been an instance where a plane was forced down for an international arrest?
Yes.
Austria forced the Bolivian Presidents plane to land in 2013, as they believed it was carrying Edward Snowden.
During the Algerian War of Independence, French intelligence services used fighter jets to intercept a civilian flight carrying five leaders of the Algerian independence movement (FLN) from Morocco to Tunisia, forcing it to land in Algeria where the leaders were arrested.