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[Sviatoslav]

At least there will be international intervention now and civilians can stop dying from this stupid conflict.

 

[Kinyou]

I heard a reporter say that there was a Ukraine military plane in the same area. He speculated that the rebels might have locked the missile onto the wrong plane. Sounds possible to me.

 

[crazygambit]

Do we know yet why the plane was flying in controlled space in the first place?

I heard a reporter say that there was a Ukraine military plane in the same area. He speculated that the rebels might have locked the missile onto the wrong plane. Sounds possible to me.

Related to what I was asking. Why would you want your commercial plane anywhere near that noise?

 

[Pickman]

Just a thought but they should probably be leaving those passports on the corpses for help identifying them.

Probably looting the corpses. Bloody despicable.

 

[thechristoph]

People can't express opinions now?

That is not how an opinion is expressed.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Wow they should make planes out of passports amirite

Thanks for the laugh.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Are the burgundy-colored ones with the lion+crown Dutch?

Jep

 

[Brazil]

Do we know yet why the plane was flying controlled space in the first place?

It wasn't flying in "controlled space". It was flying about 2.000m above the no-fly altitude limit.

 

[stufte]

Are you implying these are fake?

no, he was making a lame joke about how the passports survived intact so the plane would have survived it it had been made out of passports.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

https://twitter.com/Spiriana/status/489816804961697792

I say too late, They caught them red handed now.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

yeah, those are Dutch passports alright...

has the official passenger list been disclosed yet? I mean, considering how quickly social media are picking this up there is no time to wait on that. I know it will be bad for the families, but it's either that or finding out through the internet...

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

https://twitter.com/Spiriana/status/489816804961697792

 

[Uzzy]

Google translated.

 

[catmincer]

I heard a reporter say that there was a Ukraine military plane in the same area. He speculated that the rebels might have locked the missile onto the wrong plane. Sounds possible to me.

I don't doubt it was a mistake at all. But at the same time they killed hundreds of innocent people so şomething needs to happen to stop this happening again.

 

[MoeB]

Man. There are some seriously NSFW pictures floating on twitter. Yikes.

 

[Loud Hawk]

Thanks. Just to be sure, there was no mistake made from Malaysia or the ATC towers as long as they were flying over 7900m?

As far as I understood from reading it earlier no. Air routes over 7900m were business as usual.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

really sad news .

 

[CHusson91]

Can you stop it with the stupid gifs?

 

[hiroshawn]

Prayers out to the families. This may mean war.

 

[Professor Renegade]

Wow, what are the chances that two planes from the same airline company go down in the same year. I'm shook.

 

[RustyNails]

This is what BUK system looks like:

So it's pretty much certain that Russia provided this weapon to the separatists. No other explanation.

 

[Knoxcore]

https://twitter.com/Spiriana/status/489816804961697792

Hilarious if you ask me. Now the question is where did they get it.

 

[DrM]

Google translated.

Textbook case for any separatist movements : never boast with captured arsenal, it can bite you in your arse

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

https://twitter.com/Spiriana/status/489816804961697792

You assholes fucked up bad.

 

[Munin]

Wonder if this is the death blow for Malaysian Airlines. This time it is absolutely not their fault and even after the first crash the chance of that happening again is 0.000000001% but people make decisions irrationally and go by their gut.

 

[teiresias]

https://twitter.com/Spiriana/status/489816804961697792

Haha, it's like they don't know the Print Screen button exists on western keyboards. As if there was any doubt of their culpability anymore.

 

[n0n44m]

that lifenews stream just showed a Dutch passport being opened

13 year old girl

this is pretty painful to watch

 

[Acorn]

Terrible. Feeling echoes of that korean(?)plane the soviets accidently shot down in the 80s.

 

[moai]

wtf they are showing the pictures in the passports on that stream. relatives should be informed from proper authorities, not by tv.

 

[StopMakingSense]

This is what BUK system looks like:

So it's pretty much certain that Russia provided this weapon to the separatists. No other explanation.

That or captured from Ukraine.

 

[SuperSah]

Unsure if old, but reportedly, 23 Americans were on board.

And with that, Barack Obama jumps in!

 

[strafer]

that lifenews stream just showed a Dutch passport being opened

13 year old girl

this is pretty painful to watch

Then why are you watching?

 

[Kiraly]

Garbed this of the Russian live stream:

This is an attack of war on Dutch citizens and the NATO should act accordingly.

 

[OrangeYouGlad]

This is what BUK system looks like:

http://i.imgur.com/qZkfTDQ.jpg[IMG]

So it's pretty much certain that Russia provided this weapon to the separatists. No other explanation.[/QUOTE]

[quote="Knoxcore, post: 121454182"]Hilarious if you ask me. Now the question is where did they get it.[/QUOTE]

People have already posted a link citing an article about them boasting about having captured a BUK system from Ukraine.

 

[Uzzy]

This is what BUK system looks like:

So it's pretty much certain that Russia provided this weapon to the separatists. No other explanation.

The rebels claimed to have captured one.

 

[RedShift]

This is what BUK system looks like:

So it's pretty much certain that Russia provided this weapon to the separatists. No other explanation.

They supposedly captured it from Ukrainian forces.

 

[Xyrmellon]

Twitter reporting 80 kids, 23 Americans.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

This is what BUK system looks like:

So it's pretty much certain that Russia provided this weapon to the separatists. No other explanation.

I thought they captured it from an airbase?

 

[Riki]

What the fuck...
Who the fuck does this?

 

[SJRB]

Mostly Dutch passports in this picture

The Russian stream showed a man opening some of the passports, they were kids from Blaricum [a place here in the Netherlands]. Full pictures and names shown.

It's just surreal, their relatives probably don't even know what happened yet.

 

[Omiee]

seriously fuck this world, its depressing these days to watch the news.

 

[Kurdel]

Unsure if old, but reportedly, 23 Americans were on board.

And with that, Barack Obama jumps in!

Why would that change anything? Do you know what is going on in eastern Ukraine?

 

[commish]

Can you stop it with the stupid gifs?

...said me, to all of GAF, for the last 10 years.

 

[Morat]

Question: didn't russia give a bunch of BUK units to Assad as well?

 

[benjipwns]

Are you implying these are fake?

You've never heard the joke about how they should make planes out of the black boxes?

 

[Baroquemantic]

This is terrible. I wish shit like this didn't happen. The pictures of the wreckage, especially the one with bodies, broke me. I'm sitting here in tears wondering how people can do something like this to others. It's sickening.

Rest in peace to those who lost their lives.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Twitter reporting 80 kids, 23 Americans.

What? Holy shit if 23 American's were on board.

I need some confirmation on that.

 

[Nokterian]

They were flipping through the passports.

What? Those fucking assholes (( Fucking heartbreaking like it's nothing.

 

[Locke Lamora]

Hilarious if you ask me. Now the question is where did they get it.

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_...trol-of-Ukrainian-anti-air-installation-1561/

Also, didn't they use the Buk already a few days ago to shoot down the An-26? https://twitter.com/Catherina_News/status/488729889567412225

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

You've never heard the joke about how they should make planes out of the black boxes?

I'd just let the joke rest.