[RayChuang88]

The missile used is from the 9K37 Buk battlefield SAM system (NATO code name SA-17 Gadfly), the successor to the 2K12 Kub (NATO code name SA-6 Gainful) that wreaked so much early havoc against the Israeli Air Force early in the Yom Kippur War. The current production version is a very modern SAM system, which has been continually upgraded in recent years.

[rktman]

I guess the rebels/terrorists/patriots must have tripped and hit the acquire and launch buttons at the same moment? I don’t know who’s who in the Ukraine at this point. Was the flight ignoring the warning to not fly over the area? Prayers to the innocents and their families.