2 civilian airliners down south of Moscow

[I note that Gordon - probably wisely - trimmed a.d.a from the NGs]

Krztalizer wrote:
4moreyears wrote:

Fearing it might be a Russian 9/11 copy cat, they shotdown the firt
Turpolev jetliner. Well, somehow the Russian ATC radar showing the
'squack ident' from the hijacked plane. Russian jetfighters shotdown
the wrong plane. Then they downed the hijacked plane.

AAMOF (and ignoring all those typos), that is the first suggestion I
have seen to provide a specific cause for the "external interference"
(or some such) that I saw mentioned in one news report.

Of course, a simpler explanation for "external interference" would
simply be that someone apart from a duly authorised member of the
airline's staff did something untoward.

The witnesses to the crash of one of the aircraft heard three booms,
then a falling airliner. Given the Russian government's penchant
for avoiding the truth in such events, I am surprised no one has yet
suggested a US submarine caused the tragedy.

Well, since the Royal Navy can attack Afghanistan by submarine ...