idiet @impunity, go over Flightradar24.com and tell me if you see any flights in that region? Most airlines in US, UK, Air France, Lufthansa etc have banned that route ever since the conflict began.

burekenge wewe mavi ya kuku!!

Very infuriating!!! A couple of things:

1. Why was the Malaysian MH17 flying over a combat zone?

It can be argued that at the very high altitude that commercial plane was flying (10KM), it was relatively safe given the basic characteristics of the protagonists on the ground, but would you in principle risk people's lives in a war zone involving recently well armed pro-Russia rebels no matter how high you fly especially when they have recently shot down 2 Ukrainian jets in the past week at half that altitude?? US and UK refused their airlines to fly over that area, what were other countries thinking about? ngata?? Buure kabisa.

2. As for Russia, AP reporters saw Soviet age Buk med range SAM missiles in E Ukraine last week. Why would you put such sophisticated equipment in the hands of some boneheads?? The darn SAM's can switch targets mid-air. These SAMs can hit targets upto 30KM up in the sky.

The pilot or Malaysia govt gambled on some sane actors on the ground but that bet has failed and failed with Putin's neck now on the noose.

This is so SAD! You would think airlines would divert their flights AROUND countries where there is armed conflict, especially where a (military) plane was recently shot down. They need to stop looking at the extra cost and protect their passengers.

Strange coincidence? MH370 disappeared 037 and MH17 brought down 717 the year 2014

"if we disappear, this is what the plane looks like" Passenger who joked about boarding crashed Malaysia Airlines MH 17 on Facebook now feared dead.