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History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby pcslim » Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:46 am

History of attacks: flights shot down
It was July 3, 1988 that the US military mistook a civilian passenger aircraft for an Iranian fighter jet, killing all 290 aboard. This was the USA, not a bunch of poorly equipped militants who have been dealing with bombs dropped by Ukrainian jets. If the USA had allowed Russia to sort out this situation months ago, this tragedy would have been avoided, but no, the USA just had to prolong the conflict and the result is lots of unnecessary deaths and casualties.
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby pcslim » Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:49 am

Tabloids, TV, McCain blame Putin for Malaysia MH17 tragedy
The problem here is that the commercial airliner should not have been anywhere near this area. Several military jets had been shot down just days before this happened. Obviously in a war zone those on the ground fearing attack are going to shoot first and ask questions later since their lives depend on taking decisive action quickly. To blame anyone other than the Ukraine who are dropping bombs in the area and the USA who have backed the Ukraine is sheer insanity.
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby panamint_patty » Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:35 am

Compared to what's going on in Gaza and the support the USA gives to Israel, I really see no reasonable way of criticizing Russia or the separatists. The separatist's cause is much more legitimate than Israel's cause. While Israel is shooting a fly with a cannon, the separatists are attempting to fend off a pack of ravenous wolves with sticks and stones by comparison. It's funny how the media here in the USA is insufficiently critical of Israel, but they are hypercritical of Russia. So much for fair and balanced reporting!
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby desertrat » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:46 am

Why would a commercial airliner fly through an active war zone? It almost seems like a setup! It seems conveniently timed since it diverts attention away from Israel invading Gaza, but I'm not going to go so far as to subscribe to some kind of conspiracy theory regarding that. I know that there are those who are claiming that it was an inside job to divert attention away from the bigger issue, but I think that may be going a little too far. Then again the US media does seem to work hard to spread pro-Israel propaganda every chance it gets, but a conspiracy is just too much. That being said the US media is taking full advantage of what it must see as a most fortuitous coincidence.
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby cactuspete » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:00 am

Downded Flight MH17 & The Occult IMF Number 7 Connection
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby deathvalleyjake » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:13 am

Malaysia Airlines crash: Scene unfolds on social media
As might be expected there's a lot of speculation going on with US media and politicians doing their best to steer the discussion in a direction which suits their interests. One interesting theory is that Ukraine shot the plane down believing that Putin was onboard. Another interesting line of discussion focuses on the fact that the plane in Ukraine is the same model that disappeared over the ocean off southeast Asia a few months ago. It could well be that the plane wasn't shot down at all, but that the model is defective or that the airline company doesn't do a good job at preventive maintenance. But as others have already mentioned the biggest question is what in the hell was the plane doing flying over a war zone. It seems to me that the airline company will be sued to hell and back for this navigational error! What were they thinking?
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby surfsteve » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:36 am

Kiev deployed powerful anti-air systems to E. Ukraine ahead of the Malaysian plane crash
http://rt.com/news/173636-buk-malaysian-plane-crash/

Large-scale investigation of Malaysian airliner crash in Ukraine starts
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/741268
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby cactuspete » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:42 am

'It is suspicious the plane has deviated from the route it usually takes'
If shot by a BUKs missile there should be radar data showing where it was launched from. Oddly this plane was directed to take an unusual route by Ukrainian aircraft controllers. Also the supposed recording of anti-Kiev militants talking about the situation appears to be fake. So, at this point it seems highly likely that the missile was launched by Ukrainian forces and that they're doing everything they can to make it look like it was the militants. If the militants shot down the plane then it would be an understandable mistake, but if it was Ukrainian forces the only reason they would do it would be to make it look like the militants or the Russians were responsible. I smell a rat and that rat is from Kiev!
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby sandman » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:46 pm

Malaysia Airlines Shot Down MH 17 Plane Crash in Ukraine | How Can Rebels Shoot Down A Plane?
Russia, the USA, and Ukraine should all have radar records of the moments before the airliner went down. That should be enough to pinpoint the location from which the missile was shot. (Assuming that it was a missile that brought the plane down.) Since these units are mobile this will not conclusively prove who shot the missile since both the separatists and Ukrainian forces have them and have access to the general area. Ultimately blame goes in two directions: 1) The airline company should have not allowed their airplane to fly in a war zone. 2) Ukraine (with the backing of the USA) has no business attacking the separatists and if they had not engaged in such action none of this would have happened.
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Re: History of Downed Commercial Flights

Postby mrfish » Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:48 pm

Ukraine must take responsibility for MH17 - Putin
One thing I'll say about Putin is that he always says it the way it is without any fooling around. Our leaders on the other hand...
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Here are a couple comments that were left to this video by people not under the influence of the media here in the USA:
1) One word from Putin is worth ten thousand from Obama and his ZioCons and NeoLiberals.

2) Anybody remember when the USA blew that Iranian passenger jet out of the sky? It wasn't even over a war zone. But it was the US so..........you know. 

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