Comment Comment by sam_lowry_ Why downvotes?Here's the press conference where it was announced: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-276341FlightRadar24 disproved the story shortly after: https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1962565122326700178TLDR: Neither von den Leyen nor her office knew about ADB-S nor about the multiple services that collect ADB-S broadcasts and republish, and there was none around who could stop them from announcing an embarrassing lie. parent sam_lowry_ 5 months ago
Here's the press conference where it was announced: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-276341
FlightRadar24 disproved the story shortly after: https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1962565122326700178
TLDR: Neither von den Leyen nor her office knew about ADB-S nor about the multiple services that collect ADB-S broadcasts and republish, and there was none around who could stop them from announcing an embarrassing lie.