Call for a boycott? Hate speech online? Voices are currently being raised against the Lufthansa subsidiary. But what is it?
Users are wondering whether the allegations against Germanwings are true. Did a pilot really refuse to fly to the Turkish capital because of his own safety concerns?
Was the flight to Ankara canceled for political reasons?
Posts like this or something similar are currently circulating online:
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What exactly is it about?
Every day, dozens of Internet users ask themselves whether they can believe something or not. Opinions differ, opinions overlap.
Sometimes it's the truth, sometimes something is made up and sometimes it's just plain nonsense.
Last Saturday evening, Eurowings flight 4U 2904 was supposed to take off from Stuttgart to Ankara, but the flight was canceled shortly after 6 p.m.
Many passengers were upset and had no way of getting to Turkey that evening.
The ARD fact finders asked in more detail and received the answer from a passenger that when asked, it was explained in Turkish and German that the pilot did not want to fly to Ankara for “political reasons”. He wouldn’t feel safe there and would be afraid for his life.”
This supposed answer eventually made its way onto the Internet, where it was perceived as a measure against people of Turkish origin and led to calls for a boycott.
In addition, a rumor developed that Eurowings no longer wanted to fly to Turkey until further notice.
Truths, half-truths, untruths – so what now?
Furthermore, the ARD fact finders asked Lufthansa directly about the reason for the cancellation of flight 4U 2904 and received the following answer:
“… the flight was canceled due to the “short-term illness of a crew member”. “Due to the short notice of the sick report, it was unfortunately no longer possible to activate a replacement pilot for this flight.” It cannot be confirmed that the flight was canceled because the pilot refused to fly to Turkey.”
“In principle, crew members have the opportunity to declare themselves 'unfit to fly' before a flight if they feel unable to carry out the flight properly with full commitment - for example if they are ill. This regulation is an important pillar in Lufthansa’s security concept.”
On Twitter, Eurowings also explained the failure due to illness:
The flight was canceled due to a short-term illness of a crew member. ➡️
— Eurowings (@eurowings) July 23, 2017
Rumors don't come true
The rumors that Eurowings no longer wanted to fly to Turkey could not be confirmed.
According to its own information, Eurowings has flown to Turkey 55 times in July. A total of 29 Eurowings flights are scheduled to take off to Turkey this week.
A flight from Stuttgart to Istanbul also took off the next day.
Conclusion:
The flight had to be canceled due to illness.
Eurowings will continue to fly to airports in Türkiye.
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