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Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Eastern Ukraine

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Rainman, Jul 17, 2014.

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  1. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    As you can imagine, planes are rerouting to avoid the area.

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  2. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    Unless, of course, they've been provided such by their ally Mother Russia. A notion that hardly strikes me as inconceivable given Putin's interests in the region.
     
  3. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    CNN simulation of plane path before going off radar


    ^
     
  4. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    True. But it's one thing to have your hands on it. It's another to know how to use it. Even the separatist leader didn't rule out the possibility of his fighters having it. But he also said --- not surprisingly --- that none of his fighters would know how to operate it.

    No, no, no!

    It was heading from west to east, dammit! :D
     
  5. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Well, at least Malaysian Air is getting better at finding its downed jetliners.
     
  6. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Looks like they were headed for mid air crash with another jet
    before being shot down.
     
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  7. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    I think Drip knew the pilot.
     
  8. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    No doubt.
    He was a good man and even better person
    RIP Cap
     
  9. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Flight path of MAS17 on Monday. It skirts southern Ukraine, Crimea and the Black Sea and is nowhere near hostile areas.

    http://ru.flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS17/history/20140714/1000Z/EHAM/WMKK


    Flight path of MAS17 today. It practically bisects the country and heads straight into the most hostile part.

    http://ru.flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS17
     
  10. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Howard Stern prankster stikes MSNBC

    "Plane shot down by a guest of wind from Howard Stern's ass"

    http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/prankster-poses-as-ukraine-eyewitness-calls-msnbc-host-1606767078?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
     
  11. Rainman

    Rainman Well-Known Member

    @CBSNews: Rebel leader for pro-Russian insurgency in Ukraine: "We warned you not to fly in our skies," http://t.co/jXw5qBRU2e #MH17
     
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Are you implying something?
     
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