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Another Malaysian Airlines 777 Crash
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostThat was not the Ukraine. That was Luton.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by Unix View PostNightmare, this could cause major tensions in the geopolitical theatre.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostOh, and there are reports that a rebel leader tweeted that they'd shot down a plane, which he apparently believed to be a Ukrainian military transport, only to delete the tweet when it was discovered it was a civilian airliner.
I am depressed
a) because somebody could do this and
b) because they expect me to believe this 'it was a mistake' crap.
F***ers+50 Xeno Geek Points
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Originally posted by Paddy View Post
From Wikipedia:
Russian officials initially dismissed the American claim as "unworthy of attention," and Russian President Vladimir Putin told the press the next day that "the weapons used in those exercises had such characteristics that make it impossible for them to reach the air corridor through which the plane was moving."...
However, Ukrainian officials later admitted that it was indeed their military that shot down the airliner.
So yes, Russian-backed forces in the Ukraine do indeed have form for shooting down airliners.Comment
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The Ukranian rebels have been shooting down all sorts of stuff, even a fighter last week. They secured the wreckage, picked through it and thought 'civilian. WTF is that doing flying within a 100 miles of a warzone ? cretinski'
Mind you, the Malaysians cant divert too far from the regular flight paths in case the passengers realise they are off course and storm the flight deck(\__/)
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostThe Ukranian rebels have been shooting down all sorts of stuff, even a fighter last week. They secured the wreckage, picked through it and thought 'civilian. WTF is that doing flying within a 100 miles of a warzone ? cretinski'
Mind you, the Malaysians cant divert too far from the regular flight paths in case the passengers realise they are off course and storm the flight deck
I notice that now all flights, including Aeroflot (who doubtless have the ear of somebody with a bit of clout with the "rebels"), are carefully avoiding Eastern Ukraine entirely.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostApparently they had warned off flights from airspace up to 32,000 feet. The airliner in this case was at 33,000 feet. So even by their own claims for controlled airspace it wasn't in the wrong place.
Whats a thousand feet between friends ? pass me the vodka tovarisch(\__/)
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostMind you, the Malaysians cant divert too far from the regular flight paths in case the passengers realise they are off course and storm the flight deckComment
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Here's a NYT report from the scene (trigger warning and all that): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/wo...bris.html?_r=0Comment
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