Malaysian Airlines MH17 Was Ordered to Fly over the East Ukraine Warzone | Global Research
On the matter of MH17’s flight path, Malaysian
Airlines confirms that the pilot was instructed to fly at a lower
altitude by the Kiev air traffic control tower upon its entry into
Ukraine airspace.
”MH17 filed a flight plan requesting to fly at 35,000ft throughout Ukrainian airspace. This is close to the ‘optimum’ altitude.
However, an aircraft’s altitude in flight is determined by air traffic
control on the ground. Upon entering Ukrainian airspace, MH17 was
instructed by Ukrainian air traffic control to fly at 33,000ft.”
( For further details see press releases at : http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/mh17.html
)
33,000 feet is 1000 feet above the restricted flight altitude (see
image below). The request of the Ukrainian air traffic control
authorities was implemented.
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