[justa-hairyape]

As yet another possibility - Just as likely that Igor Strelkov saw or heard reports of the plane coming down and just thought it was another cargo plane shot down. Why would a Ukrainian cargo plane be flying at that altitude near where it would apparently land ?

[gr8eman]

I don’t think a prop plane (AN-26) can fly that high. Maybe they can for a short while, but the air is too thin for props to have optimum thrust. I DO believe that these “rebels” are dumb enough to target a 777 at 36k ft. thinking it was a prop plane. From what this guy wrote on his blog it seems to be the case unless somehow he was just told that and it was a set up!