Airliner MH17 shot down by Russian made missile

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Russian airliner goes down shortly after take-off...

Russian airliner crashes in Egypt, killing all 224 aboard
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 - A Russian charter flight ferrying 224 passengers and crew to St. Petersburg from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, crashed soon after taking off early Saturday, killing everyone onboard, officials in Egypt and Russia said.

The plane, an 18-year-old Airbus A321-200, disappeared from radar screens about 25 minutes after it took off, according to official accounts. Hossam Kamal, the Egyptian transportation minister, denied that anything abnormal had happened before the plane disappeared. Earlier news reports in Egypt, citing officials, said the pilot had radioed that he was having technical difficulties and wanted to make an emergency landing. “Communications between the pilot and the tower were very normal – no distress signals occurred,” Kamal said at a news conference.

The Egyptian government sent military crews and 50 ambulances to the crash site in an area called Hasana, a mountainous region about 46 miles south of El-Arish, the main city in the part of the Sinai Peninsula where the crash occurred. The ambulances began taking the 129 bodies recovered to military helicopters, senior officials said. All 224 people onboard the plane died, the Russian Embassy in Cairo said in a brief statement on Twitter. Hours after the crash, a branch of the Islamic State operating in Sinai claimed responsibility. There has been no indication that the branch has the kind of weapons needed to bring down a plane from a high altitude. The other possibility would be a bomb planted or carried onboard.

Maxim Sokolov, the Russian transportation minister, issued a statement rejecting reports that the plane had been the target of a terrorist attack. “This information cannot be considered credible,” Sokolov said. Air France and Lufthansa said Saturday that they would avoid flying over the Sinai Peninsula as a precaution until further notice. The plane was flying at 31,000 feet when it suddenly began to descend. The general range of the shoulder-fired missiles, commonly known as Manpads, that have been used against Egyptian military helicopters in the region is much lower, around 20,000 feet. An Egyptian government statement said the plane had been carrying 217 passengers, including 17 children, and seven crew members. Everyone onboard was Russian, most from the St. Petersburg region, except for three passengers from Ukraine and one from Belarus.

Russian airliner crashes in Egypt, killing all 224 aboard

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Vladimir Putin orders emergency teams to Egypt plane crash site
Saturday, October 31, 2015 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Emergency Ministry to dispatch rescue teams to Egypt, where a Russian passenger plane with 224 onboard crashed on Saturday.

"The head of state has given orders to send Emergency Ministry (teams) to Egypt immediately to work at the plane crash site," a Kremlin statement said. Putin also ordered the government to launch a special commission "due to the catastrophe of Kogalymavia company plane in Egypt," the statement said. An Emergency Ministry meeting shown on Russian television announced that teams of rescue workers along with Emergency Minister Vladimir Puchkov will fly out to Egypt at 1300 GMT. Russia's Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov and the head of Russia's air transport agency Alexander Neradko are also leaving for the site, Russian agencies quoted the ministry's representative as saying.

Russia's Investigative Committee said it had launched a criminal probe into any possible violation of air safety rules, a standard procedure when air crashes involving Russian planes occur. It is also sending investigators to the scene. Russia's air transport agency Rosaviatsia said that the plane, an Airbus 321, was carrying 217 passengers and seven crew when it disappeared from the radar after taking off for Saint Petersburg from the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

It was operated by Kogalymavia, an airline carrying out charter flights for tourism operators, and operating under the brand Metrojet. The charter flight booked by Moscow-based tourist firm Brisco, a representative of the firm told AFP. In Egypt, military planes have spotted the wreckage of the plane in the Sinai peninsula and 45 ambulances have been directed there to evacuate the dead and injured, the government said.

Vladimir Putin orders emergency teams to Egypt plane crash site

 

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MH17 Was Downed by BUK 'Warhead': Investigators

Okay, the paid Russian posters can begin their patented pattern of denial now.

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Did i miss them?
Where were the Putin ass-kissing Russian posters in this thread?
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[pwjohn]

Article SAYS made by Russia NOT fired by Russia. I have a Russian built rifle. When I shoot it is it the Russian's fault? When I shoot my Chinese rifle is it the fault of Chinese?

When I fire my American made pistol is it YOUR fault? Blaming the country of origin of the equipment is stupid. Find WHO fired it and you find fault.

Of course you are a democrat so it's always the weapons fault.
Using YOUR logic there idiot how many people did General Motors kill last year?

Nobody in the ukrain is trained or qualified to operate that missle battery.That leaves the Russians and only the Russians shooting down mh 17