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There are one heck of a lot of A320s flying. To have two go down is actually a pretty small percentage.

First, it should never be OK in anybody's eyes. Second, Putin is probably not capable of admitting in public that he made a mistake (giving the separatists modern weapons). Third, his objective is a...

Good points


America has no role in this, unless asked by NATO which we do have a responsibility to support. And you are correct, no American laws were broken. The various European countries seem...

This is correct. The use of modern weapon systems, except for the most sophisticated, is fairly easy and these should be also. It's the long term maintenance of the weapons which require training and...

Ukrainian rebels first claimed responsibility but now are denying it. Apparently a ground bases missile, not air to air. One of the sides almost certainly did it, much less likely the missile came...

"Once called"?? I still call them that because that is what they are.If I hire a plumber and the President hires a plumber his hire may be a government contractor, but they are both still plumbers.

A good point because I wasn't clear enough. I meant non governmental groups.

At this particular point in history fringe (radical) Muslims are the most dangerous group there is.

Great movie script.

And, in Pakistan, a not insignificant part of the government is sympathetic to radical Islam. But I still think that's the lesser probability.

If it went in the ocean there should be a fair amount of debris, mostly small, that will eventually be found. There are all kinds of stuff, from seat cusions to suitcases to insulation, etc. that...

Agreed. That's why, while I believe it's possible, I don't think it's the most likely answer.

Yes, it's the takeoffs that require long and smooth runways to achieve the required airspeed. You can land a modern large passenger jet on a dirt runway if you don't mind damaging the landing gear...

Again, I'm not necessarily supporting this theory, but no one noticing and someone noticing but not reporting it to any outside authority are two different things.

I didn't say I thought it had landed. just that it was possible it had landed. Many, many things are possible but some are more probable then others.

Oh you could land it many places, relatively intact, so long as it doesn't need to take off again.

The question I have is: Why would the pilots have gone in that direction? If suicide or terrorism were the treason, why not just straight down or into some significant object? If something...

That's not quite accurate. It's possible there was a sudden decompression of the cabin which would have quickly disabled the pilots. The plane would have kept on under autopilot until it ran out of...

It's looking more and more like:
A) There was some sort of decompression in the cabin which incapacitated the pilot and copilot and the plane flew on until it ran out of fuel.
B) Human...

The latest thing I've heard is that the engines have their own data transmission and continued to send information for six hours. No idea whether that's true or not.

I wager that if your iPhone were under 3 feet of water, it would be impossible to find.

Salt water (of which the ocean is made) is a relatively good electrical conductor. Radio waves do not travel...

That part of the world probably doesn't have a lot of radar coverage or air traffic control. At least not what more modern countries do. Though there are enough countries with military units in the...

It's UFOs.