Does anyone know where they plane was at the time? I believe that traffic out of Israel flies over "PA territory", and of course over the int'l waters of the Med. Then it may go over Turkey and eastern Europe to get to Moscow. Not sure if it flies over the Muslim provinces of the former USSR.
On one of the Israeli sites it was mentioned that the plane was around the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
The plane which was shot down shortly after 9/11 was reported to be downed by a Ukranian missile.
Two accidents do make a pattern...