The resemblance is scant, though. The Smolensk appears to be another mass-assassination of the Polish elite, the first being Katyn.
MH17 was shot down, most likely, by mistake, because the crew mistook the airliner for a Ukrainian military plane. Or — another theory — in order to blame the Ukrainians. In either case, the passengers that were murdered in MH17 were random victims from countries neutral to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.
You’re right.
Then the cover ups after the fact are similar.