Ganesh Sahathevan

First see article below Then, this e xcerpt: (On Tuesday 22 July, 2 days after MAS denied MH 17 has gone  off-course ), the embassy played a footage of a briefing by the  Russian Ministry of Defence, citing its radar evidence on  Ukrainian troop  positions a few days before, during and after  MH17 was shot down.    Its findings revealed that MH17 diverted off course for  about 14km, before trying to reach the safe air corridor .  It also disclosed positions  where Ukraine’s Buk missile system  (the missile platform believed to have shot down MH17) was  located  within a 20km radius. http://www.theedgemalaysia. com/political-news/299840- russia-maintains-silence-on- deal-with-separatists.html And next: Pilots' group president says MH17 shot down after attempt to avoid storms Malaysia Airlines plane was flying lower than planned and may have diverted on to more northerly course over Donetsk Bodies of MH17 passengers stored i...

While Malaysian authorities have rightly argued that MAS is not alone in flying that route over Ukraine, the statistics displayed below suggest  the  question that  should be asked is  why only MH 17 was shot down. The diagram below is of airlines and their aircraft that transited that route in the week before the incident.  As the diagram shows, there were almost twice as many Aeroflot flights on that route as there were MAS flights. Singapore Airlines is the next most frequent. The question then , what was it that made MH 17 stand out from the rest? Did this reported diversion from the norm trigger the  BUK's target acquisition  system? A total of six targets can be engaged simultaneously by a BUK  battery while they are flying on different bearings and at different altitudes and ranges. A typical battery comprises a Command Post (CP) vehicle, a Target Acquisition Radar (TAR) vehicle and six Self-Propelled Mounts (SPMs) that act as the launcher...