Malaysian Airlines 777 down on Ukraine / Russia Border?
Discussion
scubadude said:
Ukraine/Russia needs to be sodding careful too, while its fairly retarded to fly over a war zone the ultimate responsibility lies with the muppet pulling the trigger, imagine if they'd hit an American airliner!
My brother in law just messaged me, he piloted his Emirates 777 over that border this morning!Chimune said:
Might force the Russians to distance themselves from the Ukrainian mess that they seem to think they have control over. Kiev will keep the rebels in a small area and time will pass until the next flair up.
ww3 this aint.
Absolutely. There have been a host of such shoot downs over the years - some right in the middle of the Cold War (KAL 007 for example). WW3 didn't start that time either.ww3 this aint.
KareemK said:
WHY THE F**K ARE COMMERCIAL/PASSENGER AEROPLANES STILL FLYING OVER THE WAR ZONE THAT IS EASTERN UKRAINE???
I don't know now if it was coincidence, but when I flew to and from Hong Kong a few weeks ago from Milan, I noticed that we flew both times well away from Ukraine (north on the way out and south on the way back). I thought it was because of security reasons, but now I have the feeling it was just "by chance".
RIP to all those on board
Pesty said:
WW3 ?
Has everybody forgotten about the uss Vincennes already that didn't start world war three why should this.
Also if it was Ukraine what then?
At the time of the Vincennes incident the US and Iran were virtually at war anyway, so not the same. KAL007 is the closest comparison I can think of.Has everybody forgotten about the uss Vincennes already that didn't start world war three why should this.
Also if it was Ukraine what then?
y2blade said:
DonnyMac said:
I just caught "shot down from altitude" on LBC.
Jesus wept, going on hols to South East Asia and someone shoots you out of the sky, I feel a little bit sick.
If responsible, Vlad is in deep, deep st.
Shouldn't that read "If responsible, We could all be in deep, deep st" ? Jesus wept, going on hols to South East Asia and someone shoots you out of the sky, I feel a little bit sick.
If responsible, Vlad is in deep, deep st.
This is not going to end well
If Russia is responsible, what will the West do? Putin diplomatically out manoeuvred the West over Crimea and we backed down - US/Europe et al won't want to be seen to be soft on this.
Putin isn't the sort to back down; didn't we up the stakes on sanctions only this week?
This could be a game changer.
AlexIT said:
KareemK said:
WHY THE F**K ARE COMMERCIAL/PASSENGER AEROPLANES STILL FLYING OVER THE WAR ZONE THAT IS EASTERN UKRAINE???
I don't know now if it was coincidence, but when I flew to and from Hong Kong a few weeks ago from Milan, I noticed that we flew both times well away from Ukraine (north on the way out and south on the way back). I thought it was because of security reasons, but now I have the feeling it was just "by chance".
RIP to all those on board
HannsG said:
kapiteinlangzaam said:
BUK missiles can, and much higher!
bloody hell. Surely this cannot be deliberate. No one is that stupid??And do you think whoever did it is going to own up?
AlexIT said:
I don't know now if it was coincidence, but when I flew to and from Hong Kong a few weeks ago from Milan, I noticed that we flew both times well away from Ukraine (north on the way out and south on the way back).
I thought it was because of security reasons, but now I have the feeling it was just "by chance".
RIP to all those on board
Milan - Hong Kong flies north of Ukraine? Every day's a school day.I thought it was because of security reasons, but now I have the feeling it was just "by chance".
RIP to all those on board
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