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This has happened before sadly , Korean air 007. 1983
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea...nes_Flight_007 Interesting that most US airlines and British airlines already has changed their flight paths a few weeks ago to avoid the region , |
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Not that rare at all:
Iran Air A300 downed by USS Vincennes on 3 July 1988 with all onboard lost DHL A300 down by SAM-7 (shoulder-launched) on 22 November 2003 with all 3 onboard ok. There may be more. Last edited by Greg Hyde; 20th July 2014 at 02:59 PM. Reason: spelling |
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Unfortunately, its not an unheard of occurrence, thankfully it doesn't occur often.
Some others I have found. Some of the aircraft below may not have been shot down but indications are that they were. Siberian Airlines Flight 1812 - possibly shot down over Crimea 4 Oct 2001. May have been accidentally shot down by Ukraine Military during exercise. 1993 Three Transair Georgian Airliners shot down over Georgia at different times. Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 27 June 1980. Went missing off coast off Sicily. Italian investigations and court have stated they believe French fighters shot it down during secret NATO operations. Another Korean Airliner, this time in 1978, shot down by Soviets but only 2 people died after aircraft landed on frozen lake after straying into Soviet airspace. Plenty of others I haven't listed. Last edited by damien b; 22nd July 2014 at 05:20 AM. Reason: spelling |
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When talking about about airspace over conflicts, I am watching Flight Radar 24 as many, many major airlines fly over Northern Iraq - isn't that currently controlled by Isis or whoever they are? If there was an aircraft incident over that region, wouldn't we be in exactly the same situation as Ukraine, but possibly with even more radical players involved? Sounds to me like the safest way to Europe right now is actually via the USA. I don't really want to fly over ANY part of Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan - it starts to put a lot of air routes to Europe into doubt right? I am very surprised that no mention has been made of Northern Iraq - the largest airliners in the world are streaming over there right now...
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RAAF C17 just arrived at Eindhoven with bodies onboard. Very distressing...
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No surprises here:
MH17: Downed Malaysia Airlines flight shot down by BUK missile fired from eastern Ukraine, Dutch Safety Board says http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-1...--mh17/6851490 |
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