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AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY DIVERTED INTO RESTRICTED AIRSPACE As the global blame game over a downed Malaysia Airlines flight escalated – with the United States leading the finger-pointing – stunning new reports revealed the doomed jet was traveling well north of its intended route when it was shot out…

AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY DIVERTED INTO RESTRICTED AIRSPACE

As the global blame game over a downed Malaysia Airlines flight escalated – with the United States leading the finger-pointing – stunning new reports revealed the doomed jet was traveling well north of its intended route when it was shot out of the sky.

“The Boeing 777 went farther north than typical,” CBS News reported. “It’s unclear why.”

In the previous two weeks alone, pilots on the same flight had successfully completed fourteen trips over Ukrainian airspace – each time passing well south of the contentious Donetsk region – which is where Flight 17 was shot down this week, killing all 298 people on board.  Each of the previous flight paths took the Malaysian Airlines’ jets through western or central Ukraine – exiting the country’s airspace over the Sea of Azov.

Obviously that didn’t happen in the case of Flight 17 … which flew directly into an area all of the previous flights (from both Malaysia Airlines and other carriers) took pains to avoid.

Courtesy of Vagelis Karmiros, here’s a look at the flight paths of ten of those previous fourteen trips … and the doomed airliner (labeled by date).

(Click to enlarge)

flight 17

(Pic: Vagelis Karmiros)

Wow …

Why does this matter?  Easy: The airspace over Donetsk was restricted – meaning no commercial aircraft were supposed to be flying there.

This plane was smack dab in the middle of someplace it had no business being , in other words.

“Perhaps before coming to ‘certain’ conclusion about the involvement of this rebel or that, the key questions one should ask before casting blame, is why did the pilot divert from his usual flight plan, why did he fly above restricted airspace, and just what, if any instructions, did Kiev air control give the pilot in the minutes before the tragic explosion?” the website Zero Hedge  mused.

We agree …

Clearly the United States government is tripping over itself in an effort to lay the blame for this tragedy exclusively at the feet of Russian president Vladimir Putin – and perhaps that’s where it belongs (although we’re highly skeptical of that conclusion).

Before we start trying to determine who shot this plane down, though, the critical question that must be answered is why was it diverted directly into harm’s way? 

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31 comments

hmmm July 18, 2014 at 2:09 am

They probably were flying out of the way of bad weather. And didn’t worry about the restrictions because they were flying well above the restricted airspace altitude.

Most likely shot down by russian infiltrating separatists. Too much damning evidence out there.

All the separatists posts about we captured these awesome missiles, and hey, we just shot down a military cargo plane.

And then when they realized they made a mistake and shot down an airliner, they took down all there posts. Like you can erase stuff on the internet, I guess they don’t realize that google caches the internet and old post can be retrieved.

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euwe max July 18, 2014 at 2:13 am

Maybe we shot it down with a Stealth bomber, and made up the rest. Maybe the Mossad was involved. What if it was so far north because it wasn’t the airliner at all? What if it was an elaborate ruse to cover the assassination of a Democrat Congressman?

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hmmm July 18, 2014 at 2:22 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor tldr the most obvious conclusion is usually the one that is true. Or you could just pick a explanation that could never be disproven like most conspiracy theorists do. Cover ups to cover the cover ups cover up.

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euwe max July 18, 2014 at 2:38 am

tldr the most obvious conclusion is usually the one that is true.

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unless the CIA is involved. Then *all* proposed conclusions are usually false – by design. Disinformation is their stock in trade, and they relish the power it provides.

CIA stands for no oversight, no accountability… they have their own journalists, they write news stories, provide forgeries, create crowds… they actually *do* create conspiracies… and when shit happens, they put a spin on it if they think it will “move public opinion in the direction of greater national security.”

They don’t just publish findings, they change history…. and then hide it.

I don’t claim to know what they are doing or aren’t doing, but unless I see clear evidence for myself the veracity of the facts presented, I discount *heavily* news that leads to war, or conclusions that move us in that direction.

After the non-existent “mushroom cloud” – I’d rather not take “intel” as fact, ever again.

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junior justice July 18, 2014 at 11:45 am

Maybe it encountered that North Korean missile that flew off course several months ago.

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General Jack D. Ripper July 18, 2014 at 11:56 am

BULLSHIT! No missile could stay airborne for several months.

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junior justice July 18, 2014 at 12:03 pm

NOT bullshit – those little square batteries from Dollar General are pretty good.

euwe max July 18, 2014 at 1:10 pm

I heard that the Deep Water Horizon was torpedoed by a 2-man North Korean Submarine.

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euwe max July 18, 2014 at 2:10 am

First, what makes you believe the news reports that it was shot down?

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Smirks July 18, 2014 at 8:35 am

Oh lord, the last thing we need is another truther movement.

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euwe max July 18, 2014 at 9:31 am

Hell, might as well dip our toes in the waters of the abyss. Everyone else is swimming in it already.

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Bumpkin July 18, 2014 at 2:16 am

Let’s see, Barak Obama must have had a hand in this, right? And the DNC, the liberal media, the NAACP and . . .

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Manray July 18, 2014 at 11:35 am

Don’t leave out Hillary. You know she must have been up to her ears in it too.

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GrandTango July 18, 2014 at 7:57 am

The write up (linked below) sums it up better than any i’ve seen:

Sound leadership not likely after plane shot down in the Ukraine

We’ve come to learn this is sad but painfully true.

Read: http://scdigest.blogspot.com/2014/07/adult-leadership-not-likely-after-plane.html

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southmauldin July 18, 2014 at 10:19 am

That is more poorly written than the last crap I read on your blog. You really need to learn how to use, and not use, the comma. And if, in your own words, your write up “sums it up better than any you’ve seen”, you may want to use this contraption called the Internet to research this issue. I guarantee the first 7000 or so articles are better written with better grammar than your tripe.

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GrandTango July 18, 2014 at 10:45 am

Thank you for your comment, We at SCPD, take all reader feedback into consideration. Sometimes we just laugh at your ignorance and robotic contempt, but be assured, your comments are seen.

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Squishy123 July 18, 2014 at 2:17 pm

“We”???

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Mickey July 18, 2014 at 4:27 pm

He has a gerbil up his ass.

Sailor July 18, 2014 at 4:56 pm

We’ve always known you are a complete asshole, but your shameless use of FITS to promote your drivel (blog) is beyond the pale. It’s time to put on your big boy pants and fly solo like FITS did when he started up. I think it is high time FITS started to delete any of your comments that contain a reference to your blog.

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GrandTango July 18, 2014 at 5:20 pm

I LOVE to make Dumb@$$#$ like you S#!* your pants. LMAO..

It’s called social media idiot.. If you’re scared to hear a voice besides your lord-god Obama or the church of the DNC…go live with the Muslim Brotherhood, in one of those countries you think is better than mine…

At any rate: your fear is well-placed….Hahahaa…

Squishy123 July 18, 2014 at 10:15 pm

Emily, your high school diary got read by more people than your blog.

Squishy123 July 18, 2014 at 2:17 pm

You do realize that everyone here knows that you are attempting to point people to your personal blog. I’ve looked at it and it’s not all that well done.

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Inciteful July 18, 2014 at 8:39 am

“Why was it DIVERTED directly into harm’s way?”
You know something no one else does? Was the plane diverted by conspiracy activists? Even the National Enquirer wouldn’t go this far. (But then, they wouldn’t promote T-Rav either.)

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idiotwind July 18, 2014 at 9:31 am

fabricated bullshit. i would not fly over this area, but the space was absolutely not restricted. the space over crimea is restricted. the space over this region is not. it certainly defies common sense to do so, but it ain’t restricted

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Coincidence July 18, 2014 at 10:02 am

Why is it that there is no mention of the other Malaysian airliner that went missing not too long ago and has yet to be found? Same general area unless you buy that it did the U-Turn and headed back towards Australia. Something funny going on.

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Just another guy July 18, 2014 at 10:05 am

You are incorrect. The airspace was restricted under 32000 ft. The plane was flying at 33000 feet so that airspace was not restricted FYI. With that said, I am not sure why you would feel comfortable as a pilot flying that close to restricted space.

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CorruptionInColumbia July 18, 2014 at 12:13 pm

Ukraine busted trying to put this on Russia?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28MrASx-RiM#t=12

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Wes July 18, 2014 at 4:03 pm

You might want to check your source again for the track of the flight. Clearly it was following every flight path before it. http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/mh17/#3a8e78e

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bangbang July 18, 2014 at 5:18 pm

As usual the fits and his crowd making excuses for and defending the enemies of truth, justice and the open society. Ho him. Hillary, Obama and, I guess now we have to add warren, did it to make Putin look bad

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RHood2 July 18, 2014 at 6:07 pm

Why are you assuming it was diverted. Malaysian Air pilots ain’t the best. CNN is still lookign for the other one.
You are making a BIG conspiratorial leap.

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Guido Sarducci July 19, 2014 at 8:48 am

Dumb-ass pilots, that’s why.

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