A chartered Russian airliner en route from Tel Aviv to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has exploded over the Black Sea with about 77 people on board.
A civilian aircraft crashed today and it is possible that it is the result of a terrorist act
“A civilian aircraft crashed today and it is possible that it is the result of a terrorist act,” Putin told a meeting of visiting European justice ministers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1579072.stm
4 October, 2001
Ok so Poroshenko and Putin both now saying “terrorists to blame”......as suspected they will likely continue with this explanation....true or not. Obama will as well.
Good of you to remember this incident. It occurred not too long after 911 and was thought initially to have been a terrorist act. Later Ukranian military admitted that it was in all likelihood "an accidental hit from an S-200 rocket fired during exercises".
Well, TWA800, and Flight SA 1812 were then, MH-17 is now. We'll see what evidence will eventually turn up.