[publius911]

It has not been a good year for the late Malaysian Airlines. Its reincarnation is not likely to fare any better.

There is a genetic illness among certain cultures that adopt a very casual attitude towards things technical, mechanical, or safety related.
A primitive unavoidable worship of magic perhaps?

There are only two possible explanations for this event. A mistake by the launchers of the missile due to ignorance (a monkey with a hand grenade,) or a specific person or persons on that flight targeted for elimination.

The former is the more likely.

And, after the obvious "Oh S**T!" moment, of course, everyone involved will deny everything about anything related to the disaster!

[caww]

....”after the obvious “Oh S**T!” moment, of course, everyone involved will deny everything about anything related to the disaster! “....

That’s exactly right!