Airliners that have been shot down (AP)

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by Hu_Fan, Jul 17, 2014.

  1. Hu_Fan

    Hu_Fan Guest

  2. Third Coast

    Third Coast 10,000+ Posts

    Certainly the end for Malaysia Airlines, who was already having financial problems before Flight 370 vanished ...and now this.

    Apparently all commercial airlines were warned to avoid Ukrainian airspace before the incident today, so it seems particularly irresponsible on the airline's part.

    I certainly wouldn't count on rebels with a surface to air missile launcher capable of distinguishing between a military and commercial aircraft.

    I don't know if it's been confirmed yet, but I heard initial reports that there were twenty-three Americans on board Flight 17.
     
  3. zork

    zork 2,500+ Posts

    So will Russia pay the families like the US did with their mistake?
     
  4. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts


     
  5. zork

    zork 2,500+ Posts

    Do you think anyone believes that Russia is not supporting the Russian side in this trumped up affair? Of which begat this Airliner tragedy with 299 victims who should be compensated, their trusts at least, similarly and inflation adjusted as were the victims mentioned above? Russia needs to "man up" as Senator Feinstein says.
     
  6. Uninformed

    Uninformed 5,000+ Posts


     
  7. Roger35

    Roger35 2,500+ Posts


     
  8. pasotex

    pasotex 2,500+ Posts

    Seriously?

    It was shot down by a SAM. The launchers were Russian. The missile may have been fired by the "rebels" who were provided the launcher and training by Russia (and are probably Russian anyway).

    This is not a court of law (and there is no burden of proof), but there is pretty much zero evidence of any other cause of this incident.
     
  9. Roger35

    Roger35 2,500+ Posts


     
  10. pasotex

    pasotex 2,500+ Posts

    So between a simple explanation and the bizarre conspiracy you go for the later?

    The "rebels" shot down Ukrainian transports with these SAMs or was this part of the cover up too?
     
  11. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  12. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    Russia attempted to preempt the reports release with their own "investigative" findings: http://abcnews.go.com/International...-contradicts-dutch-mh17-crash-report-34435357

     
  13. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

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