Recently a Northwest Airlines DC-10 was escorted down to the Schiphol airport. I am not sure if this is right, but I seem to have read somewhere that the pilot of the plane requested an escort. When offered other emergency support such as fire engines, he declined it.
Who pays for the money spent on scrambling the fighers
and other associated expenses in such cases? Does NW Airlines
have to shell it out, or does the US government pay for it, or does it work on the principle of reciprocity (i.e. if the Dutch airlines/government ever needs help, US will respond in kind)?
Or is such support covered under the NATO treaty, even
for civilian airlines?
2006-08-26
00:08:59
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K M
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