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if you look at the mh17 flight patch for the last couple of weeks you will notice that they all flew different route (west or over the sea of azov). This downed

by rasz_pl 12y ago

if you look at the mh17 flight patch for the last couple of weeks you will notice that they all flew different route (west or over the sea of azov). This downed plane took extra steps (100km to the east) to fly over the war zone, almost as if pilots wanted selfies with russian troops in the background. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS17/history/20140717/1000Z/EHAM/WMKK http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS17/history/20140717/10...

yread 12y ago
That's not really true, check out this comparison of flight paths: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/07/17/mh17/4fbce571a89fe76a609bde4b925f389d4e0d4d54/flight-paths-ai2html-460.png http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/07/17/mh17/4f... It was a route taken by SQ ,KL and others EDIT: oops sorry I haven't realized the labels aren't part of the image, I took it from here http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/17/world/europe/maps-of-the-crash-of-malaysian-airlines-flight-mh17.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/17/world/europe/m...
- rasz_pl 12y ago
  Maybe it was (I didnt check other airlines), but this flight always flew at least 100km to the west. Might be weather conditions this particular day pushing all the planes north east. I have zero idea about air traffic, is there an airport doing flight control for the region that would reroute all the planes over the effing war zone because of some rain clouds?
  - yread 12y ago
    > I didnt check other airlines Perhaps I can point you to the link in the comment to which you've replied which plots the courses of flights of Malaysian and other airlines from the past weeks so that you can check?!
myth_drannon 12y ago
Sounds like 1983 all over again with South Korean flight ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 ). So the plan : 1)Divert the plane into a restricted zone https://twitter.com/VagelisKarmiros/status/489926167731142656/photo/1 https://twitter.com/VagelisKarmiros/status/48992616773114265... 2)The other side responds with a missile thinking it's a military plane 3)Profit

by rasz_pl 12y ago

yread 12y ago

That's not really true, check out this comparison of flight paths: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/07/17/mh17/4fbce571a89fe76a609bde4b925f389d4e0d4d54/flight-paths-ai2html-460.png http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/07/17/mh17/4f... It was a route taken by SQ ,KL and others EDIT: oops sorry I haven't realized the labels aren't part of the image, I took it from here http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/17/world/europe/maps-of-the-crash-of-malaysian-airlines-flight-mh17.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/17/world/europe/m...

rasz_pl 12y ago
Maybe it was (I didnt check other airlines), but this flight always flew at least 100km to the west. Might be weather conditions this particular day pushing all the planes north east. I have zero idea about air traffic, is there an airport doing flight control for the region that would reroute all the planes over the effing war zone because of some rain clouds?
- yread 12y ago
  > I didnt check other airlines Perhaps I can point you to the link in the comment to which you've replied which plots the courses of flights of Malaysian and other airlines from the past weeks so that you can check?!

myth_drannon 12y ago

Sounds like 1983 all over again with South Korean flight ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 ). So the plan : 1)Divert the plane into a restricted zone https://twitter.com/VagelisKarmiros/status/489926167731142656/photo/1 https://twitter.com/VagelisKarmiros/status/48992616773114265... 2)The other side responds with a missile thinking it's a military plane 3)Profit