For any airline to lose two passenger aircraft within a few months is extremely rare. For a pair of catastrophes to occur when the planes are cruising normally at high altitude is unprecedented.
But the causes of the losses of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flights, MH370 and MH17, are most unlikely to be linked.
The first, in March, remains a mystery. But the cause of today’s destruction of a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, with the presumed loss of 280 passengers and 15 crew, is likely to be confirmed quickly – even allowing for the propaganda battle by the opposing sides in the Ukraine conflict .... http://www.independent.co.uk
