[McGruff]

After rereading the article they never say that that fighter fired a missile. But Porkyshenko said they didn’t have any aircraft in the area.

[DTA]

A distant possibility: Ukraine interceptor SU-25 attempted to steer MH17 back to course (MH17 veered off 45 degrees just after Donetsk) but was illuminated from the ground by the Ukrainian BUK-M1 kupola radar. SU-25 Pilot launched chaff and the chaff was somehow sucked by the engine of B777 causing it to nosedive.

Any experts who could voice opinion based on photos of B777 remains? Was it shot down by a small AIM or large SAM? The plumes coming from the crash site may indicate that the airliner did not disintegrate at 33,000 ft.