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Re: Report: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine
Fine, when you show me the unbiased proof that other airliners flew over the exact same route within a week of MH17, I will believe you.
And if they did, then why did the rebels decide to shoot this one down in particular?
I am not claiming to know what happened.
But you claiming you do simply because the alternatives are 'absurd' to you is not evidence enough for me.
Why are people making such a fuss about 35K feet versus 33K feet? the SA-11 Buk launcher unit can hit planes up to 72K feet. These 2K feet of difference between what the pilot wanted and what the ATC wanted make no difference whatsoever. People are reaching for straws.
About the suggestion that this particular plane was intentionally diverted into a war zone by the Ukrainian authorities to be shot, this is absurd. There were several other airlines at the time using the same corridor. Apparently what happened is that people thought that being above 32K feet was enough protection since the previous incidents of military planes getting shot were rather by much shorter range missiles and nobody was expecting a sophisticated Buk unit to be operated by the rebels.
Fine, when you show me the unbiased proof that other airliners flew over the exact same route within a week of MH17, I will believe you.
And if they did, then why did the rebels decide to shoot this one down in particular?
I am not claiming to know what happened.
But you claiming you do simply because the alternatives are 'absurd' to you is not evidence enough for me.