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[soundahfekz]

Imagine going on holiday, and dying because your flight-operatives ignore airspace rules, and a gung-ho military take drastic action instead of negotiating

RIP

Knowing a good amount of pilots, I highly doubt the crew ignored any airspace rules. This is likely on Russia. Shits about to get real

 

[Mac the KNife]

Shot down? Fuck...

 

[King_Moc]

Oh, that's fucked up. Russia will have a lot of explaining to do

Russia won't explain shit. It's about time everyone just shut them out completely and just banned all trading with them. That government has no place in the modern world.

 

[ChimpanzeeThat]

Who would have the equipment to do this? My first thought would be Russia but surely they're not this stupid?

 

[The Lamonster]

shot down? WOW.

fuck people

RIP

 

[helloresolven]

And Ukrainian rebels will say otherwise in several hours time

Hours? Minutes, seconds.

 

[Gurthang]

Wow
This is terrible

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Fuck, I flew that same route 4 weeks ago. Scary shit...

 

[Knoxcore]

Again from Malaysia Airlines? Is it just a sheer unlucky period for them or are the planes being rushed and not taken car of?

There will be a massive global riot in the diplomatic departement if the plane turns out to be shot down, though.

Even more so for Boeing. The 777 was considered the safest passenger jet prior to 2013. Then we had the crash landing in SF, MH370 and now this.

 

[SimleuqiR]

JESUS!!

 

[iceatcs]

Rebels, you are totally fucked. The world will join Ukraine for real.

 

[JaseMath]

Oh man... Condolences to all involved. This might be bad.

 

[robotrock]

fucked up

 

[Ominym]

What the fuck? Surely Russia isn't that stupid?

 

[WayneMorse]

MH17 right before disappearing.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

How the hell do rebels shoot down an airliner 10km up in the sky?????

 

[GulAtiCa]

Oh man, this is not good. Those poor people.

 

[Rad-]

Who the fuck shoots down a random passenger airplane? God damn.

 

[Maninthemirror]

if it was the rebels its game over for the, they are going down.

 

[helloresolven]

Even more so for Boeing. The 777 was considered the safest passenger jet prior to 2013. Then we had the crash landing in SF, MH370 and now this.

This doesn't really count against the Boeing/777...

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

"Rebels" my ass. That label goes out the window unless something is shot down by small arms fire.

 

[Rollo Tomasi]

jesus christ that is awful. RIP to all the people on board and sorry to all the families that have to now deal with this tragedy.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Yeah, I sadly feel this will go "unpunished", as with the Korean and Iranian planes.

You forgot how much hate there is between the Russians and the rest of the world.

I highly doubt that, in this era filled with social media and everyone hearing about it from the get go, it will be ignored.

 

[kaskade]

I'm waiting to hear something more official before I think anything either way. But it's really damn unfortunate for the people on board.

 

[DrM]

Who would have the equipment to do this? My first thought would be Russia but surely they're not this stupid?

Both armies (+ separatists) have surface to air systems that are capable of striking down a plane several kilometers high.

 

[Pixel Beak]

Doesn't seem like the kind of thing that could be an "accident".

 

[FlutterPuffs]

fuck fuck fuck.

 

[SniperHunter]

How the hell do rebels shoot down an airliner 10km up in the sky?????

I think the rebels are basically Russian soldiers...

 

[Bedameister]

Holy shit. This is huge. Oh god this is horrible

 

[Tugatrix]

@BloombergNews: BREAKING: Ukrainian rebels shot down Malaysian Airlines plane, government minister says.

Are they that well armed? We are talking of a plane flying 32000 ft in the air, it requires an high technology missile

 

[HI. BILLY MAYS HERE]

Whoever shot down the plane


Fuck them

 

[Altazor]

this is absolutely terrible. RIP the passengers and crew, my condolences to the families of all the deceased. I can't even begin to imagine their pain in this moment.

 

[LiK]

I think the rebels are basically Russian soldiers...

Yup

 

[zero shift]

I wonder if it was the Russians or Ukarinians who shot it down?

 

[def sim]

This is truly terrible and I'm worried of what could come of this.

 

[Enduin]

That is totally fucked.

 

[Linkhero1]

Even more so for Boeing. The 777 was considered the safest passenger jet prior to 2013. Then we had the crash landing in SF, MH370 and now this.

I don't think this should have any weight on how safe the plane is. It was shot down. No pilot error or malfunction was involved in this particular situation.

 

[SuperSah]

Holy shit.

Everyone on board has died? All the innocent blown to pieces?

This is deeply disturbing.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

@BloombergNews: BREAKING: Ukrainian rebels shot down Malaysian Airlines plane, government minister says.

This is Madness, Shits gonna hit the fan, I know it.

 

[Randomizer]

The Russians shot down a Korean passenger jet that accidentally invaded their airspace. There was no response

The Americans also shot down an Iranian jet and there was no response

I assume that won't be the case this time. Propaganda on both sides are just waiting to get one over on each other and whoever is at fault will no doubt be facing a shit storm.

 

[SniperHunter]

MH17 right before disappearing.

it was shot down at 33,000 ft?

 

[iceatcs]

Are they that well armed? We are talking of a plane flying 32000 ft in the air, it requires an high technology missile

They are, both still killing each other at very high number. Otherwise it will be over.

 

[Volimar]

Can a passenger plane even detect incoming missiles? Like would they have even had a shot at some sort of evasive maneuvers? I know 777s don't exactly turn on a dime...

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

I think the rebels are basically Russian soldiers...

So, WW III then?

Jesus fucking christ.

 

[GungHo]

Did they go near a no-fly zone perhaps? Man I sure hope no trigger happy military person shot them down

I'm not sure any no-fly zones have been established. It sounds stupid, but they'll fly over hot zones all day long unless someone actually puts out a bulletin that says that all non-military traffic is forbidden, and that still relies on the flight planner to actually put it in the log and divert the flight.

 

[Liha]

MH17 right before disappearing.

This region is controlled by the government.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

My thoughts go out to the deceased and their families.

 

[shortyme]

This is incredibly upsetting.

 

[Wind's Howling]

How the hell do rebels shoot down an airliner 10km up in the sky?????

That is the thing. If it were shot down, it had to be done by professionals and they take their orders from the chain of command.

So if this was deliberate.. Well. Crap.

 

[Veins]

Potentially a similar situation to that Korean Airlines flight
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007