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At the time the plane lost contact, Singapore Air had other flights near the MH flight, as did other airlines. Not sure MH can be blamed for that as they aren'
by saryant 12y ago
At the time the plane lost contact, Singapore Air had other flights near the MH flight, as did other airlines. Not sure MH can be blamed for that as they aren't the only airline flying in the area.
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/mh17/#3d6095b http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/mh17/#3d6095b
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sq333#3d3c1a6 http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sq333#3d3c1a6
Also, commercial flights from Europe to India fly over Afghanistan every day, no one is concerned about that.
- korzun 12y agoI can't load those links but the better example would be to see which carriers avoided the no-fly zone.} Also, I don't think it's fair to compare Afghanistan and their weak and limited S2A technology to technology used by Russia and Ukraine.
- saryant 12y agoMH, SQ, LH and TG all fly over Donetsk. BA and NH appear to avoid it.
- korzun 12y agoInteresting. Thanks. If they can avoid it, then news like this: > http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/07/ukrainian-military-transport-plane-shot-down-201471423420802306.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/07/ukrainian-milit... Would make me go 'hey guys, let's avoid this route for now'.
- mikeash 12y agoAfghanistan doesn't have an antagonistic near-superpower supplying sophisticated arms.
- smackfu 12y agoAnother Singapore flight that is even closer: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SIA351 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SIA351