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It would have to be a super-Manpad from the future to hit something at 30-35 thousand feet.

From the article: The Airbus A-321 had just taken off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on its way to the Russian city of St Petersburg.

Wow, them AB's climb fast, don't they?

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From the article: The Airbus A-321 had just taken off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on its way to the Russian city of St Petersburg.

OK, the Manpad idea is still far fetched though. If going to St. Petersburg, it probably was hit in the middle of Egypt, not flying over Syria or Iraq or even near Israel.