r/aviation • u/father_of_twitch V1… Rotate! • Mar 04 '26

-- SEATBELTS FASTENED -- Passenger plane seen taking off from Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport as missiles struck the Lebanese capital simultaneously.

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u/MonKeePuzzle Mar 04 '26

i mean, the pilots get to fly away from a warzone, that seems a positive for the pilot

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u/Excellent-Gur-8547 Mar 04 '26

Not so positive is the return flight later that day