[Avodah] R' Nissim Karelitz's Beis Din: Kohanim cannot fly from Ben Gurion for the next few weeks

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Marty Bluke suggested:

> Maybe Kohanim should have to check teh flight path and ensure that they
> aren't going to be flying over a cemetery. There are quite a number of
> Jewish cemetaries in Europe.

I see many practical problems with this idea.

First, I don't know how to obtain such a map. All of the "flight path" maps
that I've seen merely show the start and end points, with a pretty line
connecting them and has no relation to the actual path flown. And even if
it would be accurate, it is not sufficiently detailed to tell whether
you're going directly over the cemetery, or perhaps a mile to the side of
it.

Second, even if such flight path maps exist, I doubt that government
security agencies would allow the public to access them.

Third, even if you got such maps, you might know where the largest 10% of
Jewish cemeteries are, but not the smallest 90%.

And even if one could solve all the above, remember that airline routes are
not like trains and buses. Once you've left the immediate vicinity of the
airport, the traffic controllers can put you on any of several specific
lanes, several miles apart, rendering all your research worthless for this
issue.

If anyone has a greater knowledge of current aviation practices, and can
correct me on this, please do so.

Akiva Miller
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