Malaysian Air flight shot down over Ukraine with 295 aboard.

[Tec]

The proverbial excrement is going to hit the proverbial fan.

[FTJR]

Unbelievable...


I see they're saying its a Buk Missle system.


Very, Very Sad, thoughts and prayers to the passengers and crew.

[Cthulhu]

This is not going to end well.

[rogwar]

This is not going to end well.

Probably like this thread. Tragic deal for the passengers and families. Probably take a couple of days or more until we get information that is not garbage.

[ghi]

 They know what's going on, civilian and military planes were shot down over past days; why are passenger flights still routed over this combat zone?

Watch this photos videos;  not translated link;
https://vk.com/strelkov_info
..from same link AN26 shot down 2 days ago; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfu4apcgLeU

[Gman]

There is a NOTAM out saying to avoid that area and air corridor in the last couple weeks. Many airlines are doing so, many aren't.  Even an hour after the shoot down there was still airlines in the area on flightradar.  Crazy.

23 Americans on board.

If this thread makes it to page 3 I'll be amazed.  I'm guessing shooting down airliners is a "controversial" topic.  

[danny76]

Tragic.

Also rather disconcerting considering Vlad's sabre rattling just recently 

[Cthulhu]

Just saw a DailyMail.com update that described the BUK as a

 "Shoulder-launched weapon that could be packed into a suitcase".

 I see the idiots in the media have already started doing what they do so well.  

[ghi]

from RT;
President Putin's plane might have been the target for Ukrainian missile ; 
http://rt.com/news/173672-malaysia-plane-crash-putin/

[craz07]

how sad, get well soon to any survivors

[rogwar]

This is a good read. Remember we shot down an airliner as well once upon a time.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/07/17/when-airliners-get-shot-down-facts-get-skewed-quickly/

[Skuzzy]

And the reason these types of threads get locked, is they tread very quickly into politics.

It is not the topic that is the problem.

[Lusche]

"Shoulder-launched weapon that could be packed into a suitcase".

 I see the idiots in the media have already started doing what they do so well.  

The suitcase just needs to be big enough

[Cthulhu]

The suitcase just needs to be big enough

(Image removed from quote.)

How big is that suitcase (in centimeters) Lusche?   

[Lusche]