I don’t know how widely it’s reported in the US but 38 people died, and it’s a tragedy:
Azerbaijan Airlines plane shot down by Russian missile
The crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane was caused by a Russian surface-to-air missile, Euronews reports, citing sources within the Azerbaijani government.
The Russians shot the civilian airplane and then refused to let it land. Heroic pilots still kept it up in the air for 500 km, begging be allowed to land but nobody cared.
In short, if you need to visit the Eastern Hemisphere, don’t fly over Russia.
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