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Russian airlines continued to use East Ukraine airspace one week after MH17 was shot down. The animation below made by German research bureau Correct!v shows flights over Eastern Ukraine on July 24. Only Russian airlines are shown flying over East Ukraine on a north-south track. All other airlines decided not to overfly Ukraine after MH17 was shot down.

If MH17 was shot down by an Ukraine Air Force SU-25 as Russian government keeps on telling, would Russian airlines take the risk of being attacked as well? No, they are not idiots. So the airlines knew the airspace was safe.



The table below shows all flights overflying seen in the map above. Not all used East Ukraine airspace as flights departing from Rostov are listed as well.

Flight From To SU6870 Simferopol St. Petersburg NN339 Moscow Simferopol WZ301 Moscow U62831 Moscow Simferopol UN181 Moscow Rostov UT367 Moscow Rostov UT590 Rostov Moscow S71122 Anapa Moscow EL122 Rostov Thessaloniki WZ302 Simferopol SU1848 Moscow Simferopol S71156 Rostov Moscow SU1142 Moscow Anapa QD106 Simferopol R3470 Anapa Omsk SU1151 Gelendzik Moscow U6142 Rostov Moscow QD107 Moscow UT462 Anapa Moscow D97727 Rostov YC522 Simferopol Moscow YC513 Simferopol UT502 Anapa Surgut 7R926 Simferopol Kursk SU5330 Rostov Yerevan 5N105 Arkhangelsk Anapa UT368 Rostov Moscow U62897 Moscow Simferopol SU6862 Simferopol St. Petersburg UN9138 Khabarovsk Simferopol S7166 Simferopol Moscow IN166 Volgograd SU1911 Simferopol Moscow SU5303 Rostov Moscow UT492 Rostov Moscow S71124 Anapa Moscow UN9881 Rostov WZ164 Simferopol U6147 Moscow Rostov NN333 Moscow Simferopol S73322 Anapa Novosibirsk WZ119 Moscow U62895 Moscow Simferopol SU1846 Moscow Simferopol U6143 Moscow Anapa SU1546 Moscow Anapa QD104 Simferopol Moscow BG504 BG502 SU1822 Moscow Simferopol QD105 Moscow Simferopol SU6866 Simferopol St. Petersburg NN356 Anapa Moscow QD103 Moscow Simferopol SU5343 Yekaterinburg Rostov S71160 Rostov Moscow UT729 Rostov Yerevan SU5361 Rostov Moscow SU1633 Simferopol Moscow U6141 Moscow Rostov UN143 Moscow Anapa S71126 Anapa Moscow SU5313 St. Petersburg Rostov SU1821 Simferopol Moscow UN144 Anapa Moscow Vienna SU1547 Anapa Moscow UN9882 Antalya SU1823 Simferopol Moscow S7165 Moscow Simferopol U6202 Anapa Yekaterinburg S71123 Moscow Anapa UN199 Moscow Anapa UT5108 Antalya UT525 Khanty-Mansiysk Anapa NN345 Moscow Simferopol UT497 Moscow Rostov U62841 Moscow Simferopol SU5362 Moscow Rostov UN192 Rostov Moscow SU6868 Simferopol St. Petersburg UT730 Yerevan Rostov UN2228 Simferopol Moscow A34609 Rostov A34207 Rostov Heraklion SU1827 Simferopol Moscow D99701 Rostov A34427 Rostov SU1146 Moscow Anapa R25931 Samara Anapa YC301 Anapa Perm SU5312 Rostov St. Petersburg R25911 Orenburg Anapa GG733 Belgorod SU5304 Moscow Rostov SU1905 Simferopol Moscow S71121 Moscow Anapa SU2130 Moscow Istanbul UT459 Moscow Anapa U62896 Simferopol Moscow S71155 Moscow Rostov UN182 Rostov Moscow NN337 Moscow Simferopol U6144 Anapa Moscow WZ167 Moscow Anapa SU5363 Rostov Moscow SU5331 Yerevan Rostov YC505 Tyumen Simferopol UN191 Moscow Rostov SU1824 Moscow Simferopol S73321 Novosibirsk Anapa WZ168 Anapa Moscow OS660 Rostov Vienna U6158 Anapa Moscow SU1143 Anapa Moscow YC302 Perm Anapa SU1161 Rostov Moscow S71152 Rostov Moscow NN346 Simferopol Moscow UT491 Moscow Rostov QD108 Simferopol NN334 Simferopol Moscow UT5107 Rostov Antalya QD110 Simferopol Moscow UT498 Rostov Moscow A34305 Rostov Rhodos SU5305 Rostov Moscow SU1634 Moscow Simferopol TK294 Rostov Istanbul Rostov Moscow UT503 Nizhnevartovsk Anapa UT493 Moscow Rostov S7164 Simferopol Moscow EL121 Thessaloniki Rostov IN163 Moscow SU1147 Anapa Moscow SU1635 Simferopol Moscow UN217 Moscow Simferopol SU5360 Moscow Rostov UT526 Anapa Khanty-Mansiysk SU1847 Simferopol Moscow U6201 Yekaterinburg Anapa WZ120 Anapa Moscow SU5301 Rostov Moscow YC519 Simferopol Perm U6453 Rostov St. Petersburg U62832 Simferopol Moscow SU1910 Moscow Simferopol NN340 Simferopol Moscow IN165 Simferopol SU6602 Anapa St. Petersburg IV3326 UT460 Anapa Moscow UN218 Simferopol Moscow S71151 Moscow Rostov U62898 Simferopol Moscow SU1849 Simferopol Moscow SU1825 Simferopol Moscow UN9188 Kos Moscow UN9218 Simferopol Moscow U62842 Simferopol Moscow UT5411 Rostov Dalaman N45978

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