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Of course, that group--as well as other militant groups--will seize upon any opportunity to claim responsibility for an occurrence such as this. They may well prove to be responsible for downing that plane, but to put credence in their claims at this point is just not a responsible position.
Nobody claimed responsibility for Malaysia 370. That would seem to have been an ideal case for some group to claim responsibility, since the jet has never been found there has been no evidence to prove otherwise.
In this case, all the remains have been located including the black boxes, the cause WILL be determined, and any false claims will easily be disproved.
ISIS doesn't have the capability to shoot down an airline at cruising at 30K+ feet. Its either some technical fault or a bomb on board.
I did read a story that this aircraft did have a serious incident when it was landed with the nose to high causing the tail to hit first. It was repaired but that could still leave it seriously weakened.
They don't have the capability as far as we know. And there are other ways to bring a jet down besides a missile or bomb. Sabotage on the ground, for example. One story said they collected fuel samples at the last airport it refueled for analysis.
I've read reports that the plane split in 2, so it sounds like a bomb to me, but I admit I'm not an aerospace engineer, so I'll leave that up to the experts. Since both black boxes have been recovered, it shouldn't take long to figure out what happened, although investigations can take weeks, even months.
Edit: Well, I see that someone already wrote this in a previous post (oops) so I guess there's nothing more to say except I am very sad to hear about this terrible incident. Although all lives matter, 17 children were on the plane. My heart goes out to the families of the victims.
ISIS doesn't have the capability to shoot down an airline at cruising at 30K+ feet. Its either some technical fault or a bomb on board.
I did read a story that this aircraft did have a serious incident when it was landed with the nose to high causing the tail to hit first. It was repaired but that could still leave it seriously weakened.
i beg to differ.. if they capture Surface to air missiles from our friends in baghdad or another rebel group in syria , they can be capable of carrying this out.. Commercial airplanes are pretty defenseless against missiles
It's sort of strange that a little over a year ago we had Hamas trying to shoot down airliners where one of their rockets landed a few miles south of the airport and Obama made a statement banning flights to Israel. Here we have a airplane flying over an area known for militant activity in Egypt and not a word from Obama related to it. We already know that the militants have the capabilities when rockets/missiles were fired and landed in Jordan a few years ago.
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Per the AP, Some airliners are doing a silent ban on flights over the area. Putin unlike Obama is waiting for a report with substance before saying anything.
All planes crash due to "technical issues". For instance, the Malaysian jet shot down over Russia suffered the "technical issue" of the engines, wings, and controls becoming physically separated at 36,000 feet.
It was shot down over Ukraine by Russian backed separatists, not over Russia.
i beg to differ.. if they capture Surface to air missiles from our friends in baghdad or another rebel group in syria , they can be capable of carrying this out.. Commercial airplanes are pretty defenseless against missiles
You can't shoot down an airliner that high and fast with some simple hand held missle like a stinger. No, you need large truck mounted missiles at the least, that and a radar array. So unless you think that ISIS can somehow operate that kind of system in Sinai then they didn't shoot down that plan.
It says right there in the article that there are no survivors.
They updated the article, as they usually do when new info comes in. When I first read the link it was half a page and it said "more to come". At that time, when I made the post, they didn't know if there were survivors or not.
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