[QUOTE=“tallback, post: 985395, member: 1158”]Russian Forces have already shot down airplanes this week.
They have the tech to do it.
My bet is that a local Ruskie commander got excited and has just taken down a jet which is on a codeshare with a NATO member. It’s possible that article 5 could even be invoked.[/QUOTE]
Oh Jesus, not article 5, of all the articles, 5 is the last thing we need.
Here is conformation that the Ukrainians shot it down.
[MEDIA=twitter]489808592934301697[/MEDIA]
[QUOTE=“tallback, post: 985396, member: 1158”]This is the hardware suspected to have been used. Russian BUK missile system.
[ATTACH=full]1495[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
:rolleyes::rolleyes:
The Ukranians have all the same fucking hardware
[QUOTE=“Distended Red Anus, post: 985398, member: 2648”]Here is conformation that the Ukrainians shot it down.
[MEDIA=twitter]489808592934301697[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
The bit in brackets is damning alright.
Case closed.
Putin apparently on the phone to Obama giving him a courtesy heads up that Ukraine will be a part of Mother Russia by end of tomorrow.
wouldn’t mind using them words in a game of scrabble…
The Ukranians have all the same fucking hardware[/QUOTE]
Maybe so, but they dont gave form for shooting down commercial airliners, unlike the crazy ivans
Ukrainian authorities have intercepted and released conversations between Russian rebels discussing the shooting down of the plane.
The rebels foolishly put up on Russian Facebook a gloat about shooting down a Ukranian plane at same time then deleting it later.
But hey, they’ve called a ceasefire now for 3 days
[QUOTE=“Young Ned of the Hill, post: 985382, member: 80”].
+1
Balbec, get out of Poland before we go in hard[/QUOTE]
I’d say you never went in anywhere hard in your life.
Six apparently.
Major own goal scored by Putin’s useful idiots in Ukraine.
& French, Dutch & American if reports are true.
Lots of Australians on board too though so it balances out.
When I was planning my project I wasn’t sure if I’d wait until after the World Cup or not and the 16th/17th of July were two of the dates I was strongly considering. A quick look at Skyscanner showed that the Aer Lingus/Malaysian Airlines route Dublin-Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur-Sydney was a very reasonable €736 return and was a route I was strongly considering. I didn’t because of an irrational fear that the plane might crash.
Therefore I’m falsely going to try and claim to be a tenuous Irish angle in this story , because I could have been on that flight, there but for the grace of God go I etc, blah blah, and am available for interviews with Ireland AM and the Evening Herald, for money.
I am actually astonished that there were no Irish on board though.
[QUOTE=“The Scouse Cafu, post: 985507, member: 2660”]When I was planning my project I wasn’t sure if I’d wait until after the World Cup or not and the 16th/17th of July were two of the dates I was strongly considering. A quick look at Skyscanner showed that the Aer Lingus/Malaysian Airlines route Dublin-Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur-Sydney was a very reasonable €736 return and was a route I was strongly considering. I didn’t because of an irrational fear that the plane might crash.
Therefore I’m falsely going to try and claim to be a tenuous Irish angle in this story , because I could have been on that flight, there but for the grace of God go I etc, blah blah, and am available for interviews with Ireland AM and the Evening Herald, for money.
I am actually astonished that there were no Irish on board though.[/QUOTE]
Haven’t announced all the nationalities yet but it is odd.
Well done on being the first official survivor. Of course Sydney and Manuel Zelaya are the second and third. Three survivors from one chat forum …
[QUOTE=“tallback, post: 985512, member: 1158”]Haven’t announced all the nationalities yet but it is odd.
Well done on being the first official survivor. Of course Sydney and Manuel Zelaya are the second and third. Three survivors from one chat forum …[/QUOTE]
They were released over an hour ago pal.
The nationalities of those on board have been released at a press conference. They are as follows:
154 Dutch
27 Australians
23 Malaysians
11 Indonesians
6 UK nationals
4 Germans
4 Belgians
3 Filipinos
1 Canadian
[QUOTE=“tallback, post: 985512, member: 1158”]Haven’t announced all the nationalities yet but it is odd.
Well done on being the first official survivor. Of course Sydney and Manuel Zelaya are the second and third. Three survivors from one chat forum …[/QUOTE]
Thanks, mate. Sidney’s dead though, I’m afraid. Manuel is somewhere in either Wexford or Tunbridge Wells, I’d imagine. Despite us being the same person, we are in fact, different people.
[QUOTE=“myboyblue, post: 985513, member: 180”]They were released over an hour ago pal.
The nationalities of those on board have been released at a press conference. They are as follows:
154 Dutch
27 Australians
23 Malaysians
11 Indonesians
6 UK nationals
4 Germans
4 Belgians
3 Filipinos
1 Canadian[/QUOTE]
That’s only 233 people though. 295 onboard. Where are the other 62 from?
[QUOTE=“The Scouse Cafu, post: 985507, member: 2660”]When I was planning my project I wasn’t sure if I’d wait until after the World Cup or not and the 16th/17th of July were two of the dates I was strongly considering. A quick look at Skyscanner showed that the Aer Lingus/Malaysian Airlines route Dublin-Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur-Sydney was a very reasonable €736 return and was a route I was strongly considering. I didn’t because of an irrational fear that the plane might crash.
Therefore I’m falsely going to try and claim to be a tenuous Irish angle in this story , because I could have been on that flight, there but for the grace of God go I etc, blah blah, and am available for interviews with Ireland AM and the Evening Herald, for money.
I am actually astonished that there were no Irish on board though.[/QUOTE]
We’ve taken that flight several times going back and forth, its an air partner or whatever the term is with KLM so you could fly the return leg with KLM.
There are always lots of Australians on it too
[QUOTE=“Midshipman Asha, post: 985527, member: 1508”]We’ve taken that flight several times going back and forth, its an air partner or whatever the term is with KLM so you could fly the return leg with KLM.
There are always lots of Australians on it too[/QUOTE]
27 on this, not enough.
Lots of people travelling to an AIDS conference in Melbourne. In my view, God has struck this plane down.