[elhombrelibre]

You’re wrong. Civil airlines didn’t start fleeing this area before the shoot down. You’re just plain factually wrong.

[RC one]

South Korea's two main airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, as well as Qantas and Taiwan's China Airlines said they had all re-routed flights from as early as the beginning of March when Russian troops moved into Crimea. 'We stopped flying over Ukraine because of safety concerns,' Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyo-min said. Korean Air re-routed its flights 250 kilometres south of Ukraine from March 3 'due to the political unrest in the region', an official for the carrier told AFP. A Qantas spokeswoman said its London to Dubai service used to fly over Ukraine, but the route was changed 'several months ago', while Taiwan's China Airlines diverted its flights from April 3.