DOWNING OF MALAYSIA AIRLINES MH17 - Why Was The Airplane Flying Over A Warzone?

Who Shot Down the Malaysian Airliner?
Political blame game begins at crucial time for Ukraine-Russia conflict
A round-up of the latest facts, speculation and the blame game surrounding the alleged shoot down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine.

1. This was a passenger plane flying over rebel territory despite the fact it was well known that pro-Russian rebels had fairly advanced anti-aircraft weaponry, and were using them with increasing success. Alec Luhn, one of the best reporters on the ground covering the conflict, tweeted out that Ukraine authorities allowed flights over the war zone if they were traveling above 7,800 meters; flight MH17 was reportedly shot down at 10,000 meters.

2. In just the past week, rebel antiaircraft missiles have struck at least three Ukrainian air force planes in the region — two Sukhoi-25 fighters, and an An-26 military transport plane. 3. Almost as soon as the plane was downed today, Russian state news agency ITAR-Tass boasted "Donetsk People's Republic militiamen shoot down Ukrainian Air Force An-26". Russian propagandists to turn around and blame it all on the Ukrainians.

5. In 2001, Ukraine's military accidentally shot down a Russian passenger airliner flying over the Black Sea from Tel Aviv to Novorossisk, killing 78 people onboard. After over a week of denials, Ukraine finally admitted responsibility. In 1988, the US Vincennes mistakenly shot down an Iranian passenger plane in the Persian Gulf, killing 290 passengers on board. Legion of Honor medal two years later by President George Bush.

President Putin's Plane Might Have Been Target for Missile in Ukraine
"I can say that Putin's plane and the Malaysian Boeing intersected at the same point and the same echelon" Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane was travelling almost the same route as Russia's President Vladimir Putin's jet shortly before the crash that killed 295,
"I can say that Putin's plane and the Malaysian Boeing intersected at the same point and the same echelon. That was close to Warsaw on 330-m echelon at the height of 10,100 meters. The presidential jet was there at 16:21 Moscow time and the Malaysian aircraft -- 15:44 Moscow time," a source told the news agency on condition of anonymity.


"Putin has only one jet -- Board One, he does not fly other planes. This plane always takes off from Vnukovo-3, but the presidential plane have not been flying over Ukraine for a while," the source at Vnukovo-3 terminal said. President Putin was on his way from Brazil, where he attended the BRICS summit, to Moscow.

Flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpar, and was carrying 295 people.

"The plane crashed 60km away from the border, the plane had an emergency beacon," ITAR-TASS cited its source.

Presumptive 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has placed blame for the downing of a Malaysian plane earlier today on Russia.
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