British Airways does not fly over the Eastern Ukraine
British airline British Airways (BA) does not carry out flights through the airspace of the Eastern Ukraine, the issue of flights to Kiev studied, said Last news in the press-service of the organization.
" Passengers ' safety is our priority. We do not use Ukrainian airspace for our flights, except routes between London Heathrow and Kiev. We see the issue in a given direction, but Kiev is located hundreds of kilometers from the place of the conflict, " he told Commissioners of the press-service VA.
Malaysian airlines stated that communication with the plane flying from Amsterdam, was lost in the air space of Ukraine. Advisor to the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko wrote on his Facebook page that crash Malaysian aircraft lost his life nearly 300 people. According to him, the plane was flying at the height of 10600 meters and was shot down from anti-aircraft missile complex " Buk ". Militiamen told that they have no weapons capable of shooting down a passenger aircraft at a height of 10 kilometers.
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