[RayChuang88]

Yep, the whole scene is right out of what happened over Lockerbie--only worse because the plane was brought down by a explosive warhead from a missile many times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. That's why the debris field is so unusually large.

My contention this shootdown was a horrible case if mistaken identity might be more right than people think. The current operational version of the 9K37 Buk battlefield SAM system is a very sophisticated piece of military hardware, and the separatists who operated it may not have the proper training to make sure the missile wasn't tracking a non-military target.

[atc23]

I would say that since there is no tactical or strategic advantage whatsoever in shooting down a commercial jet full of people, it was obviously a case of a trigger happy SAM crew