https://www.wsj.com/world/dozens-feared-dead-in-crash-after-passenger-flight-diverts-from-russia-fb2cdf2c?mod=hp_lead_pos8
Was it a flock of birds? Or a Russian missle. Russia would never lie.
Some aviation experts have suggested that perforations in the plane’s tail section, visible in footage of the crash site posted by Kazakhstan’s emergencies ministry and verified by Storyful, looked consistent with a possible missile attack or the work of air defenses.
“Video of the wreckage and the circumstances around the airspace security environment in southwest Russia indicates the possibility the aircraft was hit by some form of antiaircraft fire,” said Matt Borie, chief intelligence officer at aviation security firm Osprey Flight Solutions.
He said the damage pattern available in footage of the incident doesn’t yet match that of a bird strike, but cautioned that further information and input from regulators was needed to confirm the possibility.