In the aftermath of an apparent attack on a Malaysia Airlines commercial jet flying over Ukraine, international flights are taking detours from their usual routes to avoid the war-torn country. The Twitter account PlaneTalking shared the image below, which shows the dramatic re-routing in effect.
The image was taken from Flight Radar 24, which tracks all planes in the air at a given time.
Major airlines from Delta to Turkish Airlines have announced their intention to bypass the country.
A quick look on @flightradar24 and you can see the move away from Ukraine airspace pic.twitter.com/lS3OI5O8Ug
— PlaneTalking (@Plane_Talking) July 17, 2014The image was taken from Flight Radar 24, which tracks all planes in the air at a given time.
Major airlines from Delta to Turkish Airlines have announced their intention to bypass the country.
