It was under Ukrainian Air Traffic control at the time I believe. This could turn out to be another TWA Flight 800.
It is an oddity. A question that begs for an answer.
You will be flamed for this even though it comes from the WSJ.
I did wonder if it was deliberately taken off course when I read about the pilot. They may want to check out all of those Malaysian pilots.
It flew a more northerly path due to a big storm over it’s usual route. It flew 2 “air highways” farther north to avoid the storm. One of the news networks overlaid the flight path with the weather radar screen, which clearly showed the storm. It was not flying over restricted airspace.
It was under Ukrainian Air Traffic control at the time I believe. This could turn out to be another TWA Flight 800.
I am sure the Soros/Obama/EU Ukraine supporters on here already have a link to an NBC story that refutes this report...am I right?
If Russian backed rebels only have shoulder rocket launchers...then Ukraine has a lot of ‘splaining to do
Another thing. This incident has some eerie similarities to the Syrian WMD thing. Now that we know it was ISIS who is on the rebel side in Syria, we can “get it” that the WMD use could have been easily either side. Both sides lie and stink. The rebel side wanted US intervention. McCain did too.(just an aside)
Nothing is really as it seems, especially when conclusions are made in haste.
I have no idea who is behind this plane crash, but it isn’t really all that clear yet as to who benefits most. Or else it was a case of a bunch of morons playing with missiles thinking they got another one. Yee hah.
Either way, what are we to do about it. No, what will Obama do about it? he should be able to see that his lack of interest seems rather curious.
The Airline already answered this question yesterday!
They went this route because they wanted to save fuel and Money!
The Airlines run by the Govt and they had not banned this route because they are a Neutral state .
No one thought the Russian military and its paid mercenaries would go this far.
Putin is a sick KGB sociopath and so is everyone around him!
I think I saw this morning that 33,000 feet was not restricted air space. It is now.
Of course there is no mention in the article that the official NO FLY ZONE is over Crimea and southeastern Ukraine — south of Donetsk.
So where are they supposed to fly to get back to Kuala Lumpur???
My question would be who restricted it and how was the word of the restriction made known?
Common Sense Don`ts during Wartime
1. Do not let your kids play on a beach.
2. Do not stay in your house.
3. Do not stand in the street.
4. Do not fly over a war zone.
Do`s during Wartime Bombings.
1. Leave the country.
3. Get thee to a bomb shelter
2. Dig a deep 60 foot hole
Not taking any sides here!!! I would say this devastating slaughter of innocents is smacking of the “hogwash” that surfaced immediately on the first Malaysian Airlines aircraft disappearance. At the tiem Obama refused to demand that USA aviation authories & investigators get involved in the investigation in Malaysia....I said this inquiry would wind up being joke and the aircraft cause, plus the aircraft itself would never be found!!! And...I was right on target!!!
I will keep my powder dry on this one too!!! IMHO...Obama will voice some words...but will do nothing meaningful, simply because he does not care....Satan never does!!! We are a long way away from finding out the real truth of this most tragic event!!! The USA is both gutlees & leaderless....that’s the problem!!!
Kiev deployed powerful anti-air missile systems to E. Ukraine before Malaysian plane crash http://on.rt.com/ce150o
Hmmm.
On Thursday, when a Malaysian Airlines plane was apparently shot down over Ukraine, a Ukrainian Buk anti-aircraft missile battery was operational in the region, the Russian Defense Ministry said, contradicting Kiev’s statements.
The battery was deployed at a site from which it could have fired a missile at the airliner, the ministry said in a statement. It said radiation from the battery’s radar was detected by the Russian military
http://rt.com/news/173784-ukraine-plane-malaysian-russia/
Double Hmmm.