Yet when I see the words “external influence”, that could also mean that it could have been shot down, got to remember that in what was Iraq, ISIS found a LOT of military stuff that was left behind or given by the USA in the first place.
Just wondering.
Surface-to-air missiles are not magic. Their operating limits are well known. This aircraft was flying far above their maximum altitude capabilities. Only a large SAM battery has that capability. Getting one of those SAM batteries on large military vehicles into the Sinai and operating its required radar guidance systems is virtually impossible to do without immediate detection. Furthermore, the shrapnel from such a missile’s warhead is immediately recognizable in the target’s fuselage, and the photographs and witness reports seem to exclude the presence of such shrapnel. So, anyone proposing ISIS used a missile to shoot down this airliner has a lot of explaining to do before the idea can be given any credibility whatsoever.