I should have put a [/sarcasm] tag in there. I was repeating some of what has been stated in this thread as absolute certainty. That these absolutely certain assertions contradict one another doesn't seem to bother those who continue making them.
I'm still not convinced two planes went down. Why? Number one - it's Russia. Number two - it's still early in the accounts, which means there will be a lot of "facts" misreported by people through no fault of their own.
Number two - it's still early in the accounts, which means there will be a lot of "facts" misreported by people through no fault of their own. Yep, so far the media can't even get the type of planes right. Some say both where TU-154's while others say one was a TU-154 and the other was a TU-134.
Then again, AA587 was a Boeing 767, a Boeing A300, an Airbus 767, a Boeing-Airbus 767/300, and they finally got it right as an Airbus A300-600R.