[GraceG]

[ He then could simply continue to reject those requests each 5 minutes, ad infinitum until SHOT DOWN or until he found a richer target.

THE QUESTION REMAINS:

WHY CHOOSE SNOW TARGET OVER A CITY TARGET..? ]

If he hits a European city he risks killing at least 1 other Muslim.

If the pilots get a passenger roster and he saw there were no Muslim names aboard maybe he decided to strike then.....

[Aliska]

Weren't there 39 Turks on the flight? Chances are some were Muslim. There was a newly-married Muslim couple on the flight.

See post #60 for the probable reason he put it down where he did.

All speculative based on what is already credible out there, of course.