Boeing 777 shot down

[Westyfield2]

This is big. Russia will be in serious trouble!

 

[ShakenNstirred]

Russian tv have no shame, there showing the Malaysia Airlines flight #MH17 crash on there tv, showing bodies in the wreckage and showing passports of the dead showing there name n faces

 

[Westyfield2]

Are airlines flying over these trouble spots? Ukraine, Palestine etc. I'd hope that airlines route around it?

 

[Purdy]

What would have happened if it was an American airliner?

Well there were 23 on board so I'd expect some sort of reaction

 

[Xordium]

There were quite a few Americans on the flight.

RIP to all those involved it's a sorry world we live in at times.

 

[BuffetSlayer]

What would have happened if it was an American airliner?

Who cares? Many people are dead.

Isn't that already enough?

 

[NexusK]

Are airlines flying over these trouble spots? Ukraine, Palestine etc. I'd hope that airlines route around it?

They were until this. Airlines from all over the world have been tweeting for the past couple of hours that they will now stop flying over Ukraine. Shame it takes something like this to make that happen though.

 

[TonyTurbo78]

I have a sincere question

Do civilan planes fly in war zones?

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

This is crazy, passengers are not safe any more flying over eastern Europe by the looks of it.

 

[thep02]

BBC looks correct. Although as it stands at the moment Russia have taken it. I can't see it staying that way though. Today's event will only escalate things.

Crimea will remain Russian unless we have a nuclear war over it, if we do this I'll be even more peed off with the paedos in power.

 

[ImMrChris]

The worlds going mad Armageddon on it's way

 

[Strife212]

Are airlines flying over these trouble spots? Ukraine, Palestine etc. I'd hope that airlines route around it?

They were until a few minutes ago yeah.

 

[ubersonic]

Probably going to get flamed for this, but IMO it's the airlines fault plain and simple.

They sent a commercial flight over a war zone, a war zone where the controlling rebels had long since declared a no fly zone, and where the controlling rebels are known to have SAM systems capable of downing high altitude aircraft (and wouldn't be able to distinguish between commercial/military flight's at that altitude).

I can't imagine many airlines tick the "missile lock detection" box on the options sheet to be honest.

IIRC it's just DHL? (after they lost a cargo plane to a MANPAD in Iraq).

 

[Ayahuasca]

Looks like someone managed to capture the moment it impacted ground:

 

[Purdy]

I have a sincere question

Do civilan planes fly in war zones?

Apparently they do above 7.5km, this was at 10km

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

I have a sincere question

Do civilan planes fly in war zones?

Over war zones, yes. Civilian planes even flew over Vietnam during the conflict there.

 

[metamorphpwner]

the thing I find weird is that it's lasted exactly 17 years.

The 84th Boeing 777 produced, it first flew on 17 July 1997

 

[ubersonic]

Are airlines flying over these trouble spots? Ukraine, Palestine etc. I'd hope that airlines route around it?

The issue is that this type of situation has never happened in recent history, Ukraine is former USSR, the country is still full of stuff that is still VERY formidable to this day and it is in both loyalist/rebel hands. It's simply not something airliners have had to deal with before.

 

[Purdy]

Can't believe those ***** on life news are broadcasting dead peoples passports being opened and shown to the camera

 

[arknor]

Can't believe those ***** on life news are broadcasting dead peoples passports being opened and shown to the camera

bet all the wallets and other loot is gone , probably stripping the jewellery from the bodies too