"There are no examples of such conduct in practice. Civilian planes do not get 'pulled over' like this. The Convention on International Civil Aviation has very strict rules. [Forcing] a plane to land is a hostile act that is extremely inimical to [established] practice," Assist. Prof. Günel said, adding that interrupting with the flow of civilian aviation would also have negative repercussions for a country in the long term as well.

Bound for Aleppo, the plane took off from Armenia at 11:30 and bore a cargo of some 1,500 plastic bottles of sunflower seed oil, 1,500 plastic bottles of vegetable oil, 3,000 boxes of jam, 1,500 boxes of peas, 1,500 boxes of caviar, 1,500 packages of rice, 1,500 kilograms of sugar, 3,000 kilograms of cereals and 1,500 kilograms of pasta, this according to a Bianet new item.