I pray for all the souls. This is tragic. The Malaysia accident will be ranked as top 10 deadlies disasters in aviation history.
I see a lot of people wondering "what will happen now?!" or "is it even possible that Russia shot it down?!"
Yes it is.
A similar scenario took place in 1988 when US shot down an Iranian plane.
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All 290 on board, including 66 children and 16 crew, died. This attack ranks ninth among the deadliest disasters in aviation history.
Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iran Air civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai that was shot down by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes on 3 July 1988.
According to the Iranian government, Vincennes negligently shot down the civilian aircraft: the airliner was making IFF squawks in Mode III (not Mode II used by Iranian military planes), a signal that identified it as a civilian craft, and operators of Vincennes mistook for Mode II.
United States agreed to pay US$61.8 million, an average of $213,103.45 per passenger, in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims. However, the United States has never admitted responsibility, nor apologized to Iran.
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