Disaster in Kazakhstan – Air defense systems have become a threat to passenger aircraft – UNIAN
Over the past 10 years, anti-aircraft gunners have already shot down three passenger planes, killing more than 500 people in total.
The tragedy with the Azerbaijani plane showed that air defense systems have become one of the main threats to passenger aviation. Bild writes about this.
The publication notes that the planes themselves have become much safer in recent decades than in the past. However, a new serious threat has emerged – the aggressive operation of air defense systems.
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane shot down by a Russian missile over Grozny was the third time a civilian passenger plane was destroyed by air defense systems over the past 10 years. In total, more than 500 people died in these incidents.
The first in this series was the Malaysian Boeing, shot down…
