Friday, February 7, 2014

Blog One: "Terrorism in Turkey", 2/7/2014, 4:25pm

Summary:

With in the past 24 hours a passenger aboard a plane that was on course from Ukraine to Turkey tried to hijack the plane to Sochi, Russia just after the Winter Olympics had started.  The Airline pilots talked down the man and convinced him that they were going to Sochi and landed the plane safely in Istanbul.  Shortly after the man was arrested for the obvious reasons.  The man was identified as a male Ukrainian citizen and claimed to be armed with a bomb.  Due to the attack, Russian authorities have imposed intense security on the Winter Olympics, which began on Thursday and last through Feb. 23.

Analysis: 


Crime comes in all different levels of seriousness.  For example, some crime could be considered a speeding ticket, which technically is against the law.  However, in this case terrorism is much more serious.  Like the girl said in class today this is a serious issue for two main reasons.  First, terrorism on any level is bad but at the Olympics it becomes more serious.  This is because so many countries are gathered together.  The Olympics are supposed to be a time where every country gathers and there is peace.  Second, whenever there is terrorism air traffic becomes more and more strict.  This would be a huge problem for the athletes because they would not be able to get back to the states or their respective countries after the games.  This would in turn cause trouble for the families of the athletes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/world/europe/attempted-hijacking-of-turkey-bound-plane-reported.html?ref=world&_r=0

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