Russian air defence missile incident emerges as likely cause of Azerbaijan Airlines crash

[Richard D]

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Source: Yahoo News

Developing story. Video at link.

Read more: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/azerbaijan-airlines-plane-crashes-near-113835923.html

[Bluetus]

1. In other news, Donald Trump says that

he spoke with Putin who was very powerful in saying he had nothing to do with it, so that's that.

(I made that up, but don't be surprised if that is EXACTLY what you hear in a couple of days.)

[Blue_Tires]

10. Oh, we know that tweet is coming soon...

[stopdiggin]

2. I'm going to wait a while on this one.

Pilots were in contact with the ground ...

[groundloop]

3. This photo of the tail pretty much tells the story I believe

https://www.yahoo.com/news/azerbaijan-airlines-crash-sparks-speculation-200517076.html

[EX500rider]

4. Pilots would be unlikely to see a missile streak up and denotate under their tail.

The signs of shrapnel in the tail would have most likely knocked out the hydraulics leaving very little control left to the plane other then throttles.

[mn9driver]

5. Based on the photos of the damaged tail surfaces

this looks very much like a shootdown by a short range missile with a proximity fuse. Best guess for now…

[LeftInTX]

6. This one is strange. Why???

What's the motivation???

[LisaL]

8. Mistaken identity?

Trying to shoot down drones, shooting an airliner instead?

[Gore1FL]

12. No motivation. It was a mistake.

They've shot down their own military aircraft by accident in the past, too.

The S300 and the personnel trained to operate them have proven very effective at shooting down the wrong things.

[James48]

7. It was flying from Grozny

And apparently a Ukrainian drone attack near Grozny was happening then.

The patterns on the tail are consistent with an anti-aircraft missile.
This was an intentional shoot down- although it may have been mistaken for a Ukrainian aircraft. The Russians should be held legally accountable, and all international air traffic to and from Russia should be banned.

[Blue_Tires]

9. I swear to fucking Christ

If Donnie starts spewing some self-important bullshit about "This wouldn't have happened if *I* was in office...!" I'm going to absolutely lose it... 😐

[Blue_Tires]

11. This is going to get ugly

Over a decade later, Moscow still refuses to admit any involvement whatsoever over the LAST airliner they shot down... 🤬

[Omaha Steve]

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