Interesting take on the event, The Ukrainian government is also somewhat responsible for this event... (not as directly as the Pro-Russian separatists, however, responsible to an extent)
cliffs:
- Ukraine bares some responsibility because they kept their airspace open; the downing of three Ukrainian military cargo planes wasn't enough of a warning (apparently);
- It was left open even after these circumstances;
- Airlines depend on local government information about the safety of their airspace and for safe passage over that airspace;
- It obviously wasn't safe, flights continued flying in;
- These actions left the door open for something like this to occur, it did;
- The reason for leaving the airspace open (in this article), is that, airliners pay tolls to the local authorities for passage over their country; the Ukrainian government, being cash strapped, requires all the money it can get;
- The passage through Ukraine by Malaysian Airlines may have been legal, but, given some other airlines not taking passage through Ukraine and the events that transpired prior to MH17 being shot down; it may not have been prudent to do so...
As a result, the Ukrainian government bares
SOME responsibility for what occurred...
In short,
EVERYONE involved has some sort of culpability to answer for...
http://www.smh.com.au/business/avia...-for-airspace-safety-iata-20140720-zuzmp.html
