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Isn't this what happened to MH17?

benj111 7y ago
Neither side has taken responsibility as far as I'm aware? I doubt the culprits thought they were firing at a civilian aircraft, I don't think its safe to speculate beyond that, it was an active warzone at the time. Edit: Safe as in I don't think its safe to speculate that they thought they were shooting down a drone v shooting some other military target.
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  It's entirely safe to speculate who downed MH17. > The responsibility for investigation was delegated to the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) and the Dutch-led joint investigation team (JIT), who concluded that the airliner was downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine. According to the JIT, the Buk that was used originated from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian Federation, and had been transported from Russia on the day of the crash, fired from a field in a rebel-controlled area, and the launcher returned to Russia after it was used to shoot down MH17. On the basis of the JIT's conclusions, the governments of the Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible for the deployment of the Buk installation and are taking steps to hold Russia formally accountable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 That Russia decries this as "fake news" is of little consequence, given their consistent lies about involvement in Ukraine. It's nearly certain they didn't intend to down an airliner, but that's a different issue.
- NotSammyHagar 7y ago
  Why is it not safe? The preponderance of evidence was that it was Russian allied forces.
  - benj111 7y ago
    I don't think its safe to speculate that they thought they were shooting down a drone v shooting some other military target.
    - ceejayoz 7y ago
      No one was doing that?
      - benj111 7y ago
        The-dude was giving mh17 as an example of a plane shot down because they thought it was a drone/ thought it was a military aircraft. Not knowing which I covered both bases

Neither side has taken responsibility as far as I'm aware? I doubt the culprits thought they were firing at a civilian aircraft, I don't think its safe to speculate beyond that, it was an active warzone at the time. Edit: Safe as in I don't think its safe to speculate that they thought they were shooting down a drone v shooting some other military target.

ceejayoz 7y ago
It's entirely safe to speculate who downed MH17. > The responsibility for investigation was delegated to the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) and the Dutch-led joint investigation team (JIT), who concluded that the airliner was downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine. According to the JIT, the Buk that was used originated from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian Federation, and had been transported from Russia on the day of the crash, fired from a field in a rebel-controlled area, and the launcher returned to Russia after it was used to shoot down MH17. On the basis of the JIT's conclusions, the governments of the Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible for the deployment of the Buk installation and are taking steps to hold Russia formally accountable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 That Russia decries this as "fake news" is of little consequence, given their consistent lies about involvement in Ukraine. It's nearly certain they didn't intend to down an airliner, but that's a different issue.
NotSammyHagar 7y ago
Why is it not safe? The preponderance of evidence was that it was Russian allied forces.
- benj111 7y ago
  I don't think its safe to speculate that they thought they were shooting down a drone v shooting some other military target.
  - ceejayoz 7y ago
    No one was doing that?
    - benj111 7y ago
      The-dude was giving mh17 as an example of a plane shot down because they thought it was a drone/ thought it was a military aircraft. Not knowing which I covered both bases