Najib flew over Jerusalem, but Bibi Nethanyahu had to fly around Malaysia to get to Sydney
by Ganesh Sahathevan
It has been previously reported on this blog that Malaysia's PM Najib probably sought special permission to fly over Jerusalem en-route Turkey .
The records below, derived from 9M-NAA's squawk code ,shows that on at least three occasions
in 2016, Najib and his 9M-NAA flew over Jerusalem enroute Malta,Germany and Turkey ,despite Malaysia not having diplomatic relations with Israel, and despite an avowed opposition to anything Jewish.
Najib could have easily flown over any part of the Middle East, but it seems that self preservation might have prevailed in these instances.
(local) Date | (local) Time | GMT | Callsign | Type | Serial | Location | Squawk | Altitude |
2016-09-24 | 21:41:10.000 | 2016-09-24 19:50:12 | NR1 | A-319 | 9M-NAA | Valletta, MT | 2021 | 37975 |
2016-09-24 | 19:27:52.000 | 2016-09-24 16:34:11 | NR1 | A-319 | 9M-NAA | Jerusalem, IL | 515 | 38025 |
2016-05-13 | 17:26:16.266 | 2016-05-13 15:26:16 | NR1 | A-319 | 9M-NAA | EDDM-1, DE | --- | --- |
2016-05-13 | 16:26:09.000 | 2016-05-13 13:26:09 | NR1 | A-319 | 9M-NAA | Jerusalem, IL | --- | --- |
2016-04-14 | 20:13:49.684 | 2016-04-14 17:13:49 | NR1 | A-319 | 9M-NAA | Ankara, TR | --- | --- |
2016-04-13 | 04:35:25.000 | 2016-04-13 01:35:25 | NR1 | A-319 | 9M-NAA | Jerusalem, IL | --- | --- |
As previously noted, Najib's 9M-NAA is a military aircraft, so what special requests did Malaysia make of Israel to enable use of airspace,and did the arrangements include Israel Air Force and Israel Defence Force air and ground cover? And now that we know Malaysia would not extend the same courtesy to the Israeli PM, why was this special request even made?
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