Just saw on ABC News that Malaysia Airlines had a plane that was suspected of being shot down over Ukraine. It is not known yet if it came down due to a faulty problem with the plane. The site of the smoke rising from the crash site leaves a heavy, hollow feeling inside of me thinking of the passengers and their families.
Reading the Reuters Article, it could have been shot down via ground to air missiles. There is the possibility it was flying over restricted air space.
BBC gave two options on this: One: A long range S.A.M. missile guided by radar. Two: Fighter Jet shot plane down via a Missile.
I also want to bring up while we discuss this, Anton Garashenko, advisor to Ukraine's defense minister, stated that it was flying at 33,000 feet and was shot down by a Buk missile. Here is an excerpt of what he put on his Facebook page. I also want to bring out there may be a possibility that in the Donetsk region, where the pro-Russian rebels are fighting Ukrainian forces, may be considered a no fly zone but I am not certain. Stress I am not certain.
I'ts known that a cargo jet and a figter jet have been shot down in the Donetsk region where the plane went down. The president of Ukraine said they do not have the capacity to bring a plane down like this. As you can read, there are a lot of reasons for the plane to come down. We all need to wait till a definite reason has been found. Please, until then, pray for the passengers and their families. Pray that all other parties have the patience to wait for a concrete answer before decisions are made that cannot be reversed.
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