from Itchy Kitchum
i hope this doesn't affect other nations aviation industries, as this is a particularly unfortunate russian problem.
Nope its not. Its a problem for ALL aviation and it is VERY naive to think otherwise. A few determined lunatics acting in concert can do this anywhere, and every country on earth has a few lunactics who can't get what they want at the polls or are just imbalanced/indoctrinated and in their certainty that they are right will resort to other means.
Don't dismiss it because it only happened so far in Russia or the USA or Israel or Pakistan, or the planet Mars or somewhere else that you feel superior to. Attempts have been made in Europe and Asia to do similar things. That they were foiled was due as much to luck as anything else.
FOCAL,
Unfortunately I agree with you. Fuel contamination would be most likely at a similar time after take off. Not similar time on the clock.
I hope all the crews and pax rest easy.
Cheers
Wino