However, an aircraft's altitude in flight is determined by air traffic control on the ground. Upon e

However, an aircraft’s altitude in flight is determined by air traffic control on the ground. Upon entering Ukrainian airspace, MH17 was instructed by Ukrainian air traffic control travel to poland money to fly at 33,000ft.
I would like to refer to recent reported comments by officials from Eurocontrol, the body which approves European flight paths under ICAO rules.According to the Wall Street travel to poland money Journal, the officials stated that some 400 commercial flights, including 150 international flights crossed travel to poland money eastern Ukraine daily before the crash. Officials from Eurocontrol also stated that in the two days before the incident, 75 different airlines flew the same route as MH17. MH17’s flight travel to poland money path was a busy major airway, like a highway in the sky. It followed a route which was set out by the international aviation authorities, approved by Eurocontrol, and used by hundreds of other aircraft.
The flight and its operators followed the rules. But on the ground, the rules of war were broken. In an unacceptable act of aggression, it appears that MH17 was shot down; its passengers and crew killed by a missile.
The route over Ukrainian airspace where the incident travel to poland money occurred is commonly used for Europe travel to poland money to Asia flights. A flight from a different carrier was on the same route at the time of the MH17 incident, as were a number of other flights from other carriers in the days and weeks before. Eurocontrol maintains records of all flights across European airspace, including those across Ukraine.
What this statement confirms is that the MH17 s usual flight path was similar to the flight paths of some 150 international flights which cross Eastern Ukraine on a daily basis. According to Malaysian Airlines travel to poland money The usual flight route [across the sea of Azov] was earlier declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The International Air Transportation Association has stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions.
The regular flight path of MH17 (and other international flights) over a period of ten days prior to July 17th ( day of the disaster) , crossing Eastern Ukraine in a Southeasterly direction is across the Sea of Azov. (see map below)
The flight travel to poland money and its operators followed the rules. But on the ground, the rules of war were broken. In an unacceptable act of aggression, it appears travel to poland money that MH17 was shot down; its passengers and crew killed by a missile. (MAS, ibid)
MAS operations director Captain Izham Ismail has also refuted claims that heavy weather led to MH17 changing its flight plan. There were no reports from the pilot to suggest that this was the case, Izham said. ( News Malaysia   July 20, 2014)
It is worth noting that a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet equipped with air-to-air R-60 missiles was detected travel to poland money within 5-10 km of the Malaysian aircraft, within an air corridor reserved for commercial aircraft.
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