Yeah...Malaysia doesn't really have any clout. Nothing much happened after the Korean jet was shot down.
Malaysian Plane crashes over the Ukraine | 17th July 2014
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Has any airline faced such tragedy in such quick succession?
Unfortunately malaysia do not have enough economic resources to punish Russia if the Russia really did that
Malaysian Airlines will probably go out of business now.
Considering my post didn't mention any countries at all, I'm not so sure.
It was a buk launcher apparently.
Basically,
Basically,
But shit did hit the fan in the case mentioned. It led to a horrific terrorist attack and years of political unrest between the two countries.
Ukrainians will blame Putin, Putin will blame Ukraine and the west will blame Putin but nobody will think about the Malaysians.
They better start praying no US citizens were on aboard.......
Why?
Just seen on twitter a Dutch guy who luckily changed flights.
Forgot it flew from Amsterdam, so I'm guessing a lot of Dutch passengers too.
Forgot it flew from Amsterdam, so I'm guessing a lot of Dutch passengers too.
They also shot down an Iranian passenger plane
Do you have more info about that? Admittedly, I'm only looking at wikipedia but the single Libyan airliner listed as shot down was in the 70s and it was done by Israel.
If you're thinking of the Gulf of Sidra incident that appears to have involved fighter aircraft only. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981)
American Airlines had two airplanes hijacked during September 11th, and a mere two months later, had another plane that crashed in New York
The bad publicity will kill them even though it isn't their fault. People won't want to fly with them out of superstition imo.
Pan Am went bankrupt partly because of the Lockerbie crash.
The unrest was already there. Why do you think US ships were in the Gulf at the time?
This is fecked up. RIP 
Is it confirmed that who shot down the Aeroplane? Shit's going down if it's Russians.
Is it confirmed that who shot down the Aeroplane? Shit's going down if it's Russians.
Agree with that, doesn't Malaysian airlines also have a spotty safety record?
Yes of course, but it overshadowed relations for many years after. It certainly didn't help, put it that way.
That's incredible. RIP.
Has to be a sophisticated missile. Not the first time something has been shot down in that region of the world.
MAS isn't having a great year. Most airlines wouldn't survive much longer after something like this.
But like someone said. Let's not jump to a conclusion. Let's wait for the investigation that will follow
Has to be a sophisticated missile. Not the first time something has been shot down in that region of the world.
MAS isn't having a great year. Most airlines wouldn't survive much longer after something like this.
But like someone said. Let's not jump to a conclusion. Let's wait for the investigation that will follow
They do.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/malaysia-airlines-profile-idUSL3N0M506V20140308
Malaysia Airlines has one of Asia's best safety records
No worries, that was the one I meant as well.
There is an information that the separatists said that they shot down another An-26 (like they did 3 days ago) right before this. Maybe it's just a provocation though, who knows with them.
Oh dear.
I think the US shot down two Libyan Air Force or Navy jet fighters in the 80's but never a Libyan civilian jet. They did shoot down an Iranian jet liner over the Persian Gulf, either due to a case of misidentification based on radar data and human error or a deliberate act targeting what was absolutely known to be a passenger jet, depending on who you believe.
A-ha, I was wrong on that one...I was thinking of another carrier in that region...can't recall who now.
Does NATO membership come into this at all?
Probably not, since the plane is Malaysian. Will be interesting if it was a Boeing as the Yanks like to send their own in to the crash site.
It is possible, after there other flight went missing they had a massive downturn in tickets sold, I dont know if they have recovered.
This will be another massive blow for them.
Has already posted they did have an excellent safety record, they have a well maintained fleet , with quite a few brand new aircraft, but if people wont fly with them , they wont survive.
But right now was is sadder is the appealing lost of life. RIP
I'm thinking of the Dutch citizens.
Would be iffy. The Airline of course is not from a member country. That some passengers undoubtly will be from NATO member countries, as well as non-NATO member countries, not sure how much that plays into it. I guess it depends on whether NATO member nations want to consider this an attack on one or all of their fellow members.
My guess is that it won't be viewed that way.
Highly likely it was a SAM shot by the Russians or Russian insurgents shot down from Russian territory. Someone may have some explaining to do.
The shoulder SA-18 will shot down an airplane at 35000 feet
P.S. just checked and has only a 11k feet range.
I think that would be a stretch for NATO. I'm not certain it would qualify as an attack on a member country.
How would he already know what type of launcher was used?