Another Malaysian plane down ...

[Cobber]

A flight from Amsterdam to KL has crashed. By all reports, it's been shot down near the Ukraine/Russia border.
295 innocent people caught up in somebody else's dispute

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/0...chpost=tabloid

[AndyG]

That's horrible,, but why would you fly near a conflict area.
Just hope no one pops a nuke off.

Poor buggers& their families.

[Cobber]

Believed to be 27 Australians on board. Some people will be waking up to some terrible news today

[sheerluck]

295 lives lost is tragedy enough. Let's hope it doesn't escalate into anything more than that.

And Malaysian was already struggling after MH370 was lost. This may prove to be the straw that broke the camel's back.

[Pickles2]

I heard that there is info that a S.A.M. was involved, & that because of the height that the plane was flying, the missile would have to be "sophisticated"?
Pickles.

[ramblingboy42]

I wonder why they picked on that one.

There have been lots of other flights through those zones.

It is civilian airspace.

I do feel very much for the relatives and fiends of innocent people though.

[wrinklearthur]

Sad news indeed.
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[Saitch]

Is that the same area as the Korean 747 shot down 20 or so years ago?

[Chucaro]

Absolutely madness, there are far to many cowers in this world
My thoughts are with the victims relatives

[juddy]

Very sad news, and yet another blow for MAS.

The FAA issued a warning in April about the situation there, but the warning was not mandatory, and most airlines, other than the US ones continued to use the route.


MH17 was according to flight date shot down not on the planned route over Kiev, but further west.

This will further strain tensions with NATO and the ongoing conflict.