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Re:Malaysia Airlines Says It Lost Contact With Plane Carryin... by ekianjo on Saturday March 08, 2014 @01:41AM (#7364458)
The aviation website Leeham news has posted a list of the standard possible causes that will be investigated in an incident of this nature. They stress that these are not specific to this case, but include:

• Catastrophic structural failure

• Dual engine flame-out

• Clear air turbulence

• Human intervention, such as penetration of the cockpit or a bomb

• Accidental shooting-down

• Suicide of the pilot

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Re:Malaysia Airlines Says It Lost Contact With Plane Carryin... by nthitz on Saturday March 08, 2014 @03:24AM (#7364632)
Could it be a deliberate shooting-down?
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Re:Malaysia Airlines Says It Lost Contact With Plane Carryin... by einhverfr on Saturday March 08, 2014 @05:52AM (#7364862)
Seems unlikely to me. There's not a lot of tensions around that and shooting down a flight at 35000 ft would pretty much require a nation to be behind it.
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