Azerbaijan Airlines crash sparks speculation plane ‘accidentally shot down by Russia’
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Wouldn't be the first of such "accidents."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17
also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752
Or the most famous example of Russian trigger-happiness, Korean Airlines 007.
That makes more sense than bird strike which led to control surface failure.
Birds? Drones? Same thing.
What I read (and who knows whether it'll turn out to be true) was that the plane was off it's planned course, likely due to a birdstrike, which lead to them entering an area that was actively expecting drone attacks, which likely lead to the Russians shooting it down.
But I guess we'll see when the report comes out.
The location of active drone attacks is Grozny which was the intended destination. Maybe they approached the airport in an unexpected direction. But the shrapnel marks in the interior before the crash indicate an attack.
I wonder what Azerbaijan's reaction will be to this.
Sternly worded letter? Ineffective bleating? Or maybe they'll escalate to expelling a diplomat or two.
Well they are firmly within Russia's sphere of influence, so any action from them will be interesting.Azerbaijan is firmly in Turkey's sphere of influence, the same people who just game Russia the boot from Syria. Turkey will find an undermine Russia in return for their idiotic mistake. Russia will pay.
You're absolutely right. I can't believe I mixed that up.
How did 29 people survive this? The fuselage is in multiple pieces!
The tail section separated on impact. There’s a couple videos, one from the outside showing people being rescued from the tail, and one from the inside from one of the survivors.
For a moment I thought you said that they rescued someone from the inside of one of the other survivors
Incredible luck
And pilot's skill
Russian quality rocket... 50/50 kill rate.
"Accidentally"
Most likely they shot a missile deliberately, but misidentified the plane as a drone.
I guess that's why Western airlines stopped flying over Russia.
Russia also banned them
I'm guessing they don't even get a "My bad" out of it.
Is joke, bro!! -Russian scumbags.
*Is only joke, comrade.