(July 18, 2014 at 9:14 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'm surprised that they'd route an airliner over an active civil war, which is what the situation there is essentially. Setting aside for the moment any possible threat from either combatant side, the fact that you'd be severely limiting your options in the event of an in-flight emergency make this a case of extremely bad judgement, it seems to me.
The Ukrainians never assumed at the rebels would never get their hands upon a modern, powerful anti-aircraft missile.
Why they thought that when the Russians have already been providing the rebels with weapons is beyond me.
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