• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Malaysia Airlines flight en route from Amsterdam shot down over Ukraine; no survivors

Status
Not open for further replies.
M

mercenar1e

Member
why are planes still directed to fly over that area? they know its an active war zone and several Ukrainian planes have been shot down before..
 
H

HerbertFish

Member
TurtleSnatcher said:
holy cow... a prank caller who said he was a staff sgt on the ground in Ukraine saw the missile hit the plane called into MSNBC.

Got onto live tv and said it looked like it was a blast of wind that shot out of Howard's Sterns ass. Then the MSNBC anchor said "So can you confirm it was a missile?" and he replies back with... "Well you are a dumbass aren't'cha?"


Wow.. What is wrong with people.
Click to expand...
Msnbc and cnn need to just quit. Fox needs Shep only 24/7 and we're good.
 
V

Verger

Banned
Sorry to be nagging, but is there a live stream online? I've tried all the major networks and they force you to sign in with your cable provider. Or they cannot play in my location (US)
 
S

SchrodingerC

Member
JFC, i hope consistent news comes out soon about this, because right now it's a clusterfuck of information.

I hope the families of the deceased aren't watching any streams or social media right now, to see the body or photo of a dead loved one is just too much.
 
M

MikeDown

Banned
funkypie said:
Even if the missile did not come from Russia, the Russians are still responsible. They supplied the seperatists with surface to air missiles, run of the mill rebels around the world can't get access to gear like that.

Russo is directly repsonibe for everything that has happened, flooding the area with weapons and paramilitaries has only caused the conflict to grow. I hope the world reacts and does something.
Click to expand...
Sorta like what the US did in Afghanistan?
 
TyphoonStruggle

TyphoonStruggle

Member
TurtleSnatcher said:
holy cow... a prank caller who said he was a staff sgt on the ground in Ukraine saw the missile hit the plane called into MSNBC.

Got onto live tv and said it looked like it was a blast of wind that shot out of Howard's Sterns ass. Then the MSNBC anchor said "So can you confirm it was a missile?" and he replies back with... "Well you are a dumbass aren't'cha?"


Wow.. What is wrong with people.
Click to expand...

I caught that. Some people are just bad.
 
G

Gonzalez

Banned
HI said:
Yes he really did 2 hours ago

These are tweets after wards

@JasonBiggs: Hey all you "too soon" assholes- it's a fucking joke. You don't have to think it's funny, or even be on my twitter page at all.

@JasonBiggs: Truly- you losers are literally trying to find shit to get angry about. Channel your issues elsewhere.

@JasonBiggs: That last guy is the kind of person I want following me. All you other pussies please go back to being pussies. Thanks!

@JasonBiggs: Hey @tmz - well done on posting my face next to the wreckage of the plane- you might almost think I actually shot it down!
Click to expand...

Jason Biggs career could be over.
 
P

Prinz Eugn

Member
daw840 said:
Everyone at my work is saying that the 777 was at 33000 feet, it would have to be a very advance ground to air missile or another plane to shoot down the airliner....crazy shit.
Click to expand...

Not very advanced at all, SA-2's could to that in the 50's as well as its American equivalents.
 
N

NYCmetsfan

Banned
TurtleSnatcher said:
holy cow... a prank caller who said he was a staff sgt on the ground in Ukraine saw the missile hit the plane called into MSNBC.

Got onto live tv and said it looked like it was a blast of wind that shot out of Howard's Sterns ass. Then the MSNBC anchor said "So can you confirm it was a missile?" and he replies back with... "Well you are a dumbass aren't'cha?"


Wow.. What is wrong with people.
Click to expand...
They've done this for 30 years. I think howard trying to book a flight to the 15th street bridge or something in DC back in the 80s (where a plane had just crashed) was the first.

I blame the networks for not doing simple checks on who they let on. Its their fault.
 
M

Midnight Phoenix

Member
Oersted said:
Or why is a Ukrainian military plane flying so close to a commercial plane?


My point is, I can understand the interest in the most sensationalistic tweet yet, but lets just wait.
Click to expand...

Because he escort him? Those assholes with weapons already shut down several airplanes. And Russian warplanes already cross our borders.

And LifeNews was on crash side after 15 minutes, thats what I am calling professionals.
 
R

RumblingRosco

Member
HI said:
Yes he really did 2 hours ago

These are tweets after wards

@JasonBiggs: Hey all you "too soon" assholes- it's a fucking joke. You don't have to think it's funny, or even be on my twitter page at all.

@JasonBiggs: Truly- you losers are literally trying to find shit to get angry about. Channel your issues elsewhere.

@JasonBiggs: That last guy is the kind of person I want following me. All you other pussies please go back to being pussies. Thanks!

@JasonBiggs: Hey @tmz - well done on posting my face next to the wreckage of the plane- you might almost think I actually shot it down!
Click to expand...

When people double-down on online idiocy... well, it's usually the end of good career opportunities for them.
 
D

Deleted member 22576

Unconfirmed Member
gazele said:
Huh? He's on Orange is the New Black, a huge show

This is all so horrible, hope more people don't die because of it
Click to expand...

Thats like the only role hes had since 1997 and hes still playing a character obsessed with masturbation.
 
A

AndyB1974

Member
Hammer24 said:
Can we please get a more detailed Translation? Thx!
Click to expand...

20:27:

BBC Monitoring reports more from the conversation between militants allegedly intercepted by the Ukrainian Security Service.

The conversation starts with Igor Bezler, a key militant, apparently telling a Russian security official by phone that the pro-Russian militants have shot down a plane.


20:31:

In the YouTube footage a militant nicknamed "Major" is seen saying it was shot down by "Cossacks from the Chernukhino roadblock".

Major goes on to say: "It is definitely a civilian plane... there was a lot of people on board," BBC Monitoring reports.
 
D

Ding II

Member
daw840 said:
Everyone at my work is saying that the 777 was at 33000 feet, it would have to be a very advance ground to air missile or another plane to shoot down the airliner....crazy shit.
Click to expand...

An airliner is the world's easiest target. Just about any (non-shoulder launched) AA missile fielded in the last 40 years can easily blot one from the sky.
 
J

john whiteguy84

Banned
where are people getting their updated pictures from? apparently there are pictures of the separatists securing the area and not letting ukraine officials in
 
M

MikeDown

Banned
mercenar1e said:
why are planes still directed to fly over that area? they know its an active war zone and several Ukrainian planes have been shot down before..
Click to expand...
My undertanding is that it was restricted to a certain altitude, though pilots and such have been expressing concern about flying over said area since this war started
 
S

Spartacus

Member
Sad sad news, i really hope answers come soon, and that the families are not left in uncertainty for to long. Even if the news is bad.

It's freaky i booked a holiday yesterday that flies with the same flight number in three months. AMS->KUL.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

  • Locked
Dutch probe: Missile brought from Russia downed MH17 Plane over Ukraine (2014)
2
1K
Piecake replied
  • Locked
After 3 years, search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 officially ends
34
5K
crackhead_bob replied
End nears for the "Queen of the Skies": Delta and United joins others in retiring 747
2
52
9K
FrankCanada97 replied
  • Locked
Mask Efficacy |OT| Wuhan!! Got You All In Check
763 764 765 766 767
38K
2M
EviLore replied
  • Locked
Dutch investigators say Buk missile downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
1
924
Boem replied
Top Bottom