MYSTERY IN THE SKY - WTF? - MH370 & MH17 & QZ8501 & More

[HairOfTheDog]

Sounds like Malaysia Air was trying to save fuel and thus put themselves in harms way. At least that's what I read.

I'm in no way excusing what happened, but there was ample warning for commercial aircraft to avoid this region.

I know you're not blaming them, but I don't think the downing of the commercial airline could have been foreseen by Malaysia Air or the pilot and don't think they had ample warning. The plane was flying in air-space previously believed to be safe; it was a standard direct route.

The restricted area that was established by at least the US and France back in April was surrounding Crimea -- the Malaysia flight was not flying in that restricted airspace when it was targeted and shot down by the surface-to-air missile.

Other airlines like Lufthansa, Turkish Air, Delta...are now busy re-routing flight paths to avoid that area of the Ukraine; the FAA has advised all carriers to avoid the Russia / Ukraine border in the wake of yesterday's events.

There were reportedly up to 20 of the world's top AIDS researchers and specialists aboard the plane and headed for an annual conference in Australia -- double hit in terms of their lost lives and potentially lives they could have helped save.

If it turns out that separatists backed by Russia and using a Russian-supplied missile downed MH17, Putin's going down hard politically, IMO.

If it turns out that missile was launched by the Ukrainian Military -- our ally -- the US, western Europe, and NATO are gonna be in a hell of a spot determining what comes next.