Historically speaking the whole Buk story just confirms that getting gunned down by some idiot in a uniform with an itchy finger and a missile is one of the risks of civil aviation.
However, maybe just maybe, after the Ukraine fiasco, airlines will be a bit less eager to fly over "hot" conflict zones in the future. That plane was -in common parlance- jaywalking a red light.
Last edited by T28B; 1st Oct 2016 at 17:03.
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