FAA Prohibited U.S. Airliners From Flying Where Malaysian Plane Was Reportedly Shot Down

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – JULY 17, 2014, 12:55 PM EDT

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a notice several months ago prohibiting U.S.-based airliners from flying in the Ukrainian airspace where a Malaysian passenger plane was reportedly shot down on Thursday.

NBC News aviation correspondent Tom Costello reported on MSNBC that the FAA issued the notice "due to the unilateral action by Russia to assert control over the Crimean air space" earlier this year.

The FAA's notice can be read here.

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[greenman3610]

1. damn government regulations

[former9thward]

2. Let's hope no one flies that airline again.

[Quantess]

3. That was also my first reaction.

They sound like the most dangerous airline ever.

[Initech]

5. Yeah I'm guessing Malaysia Airlines won't last through the end of the year.

[dsc]

4. that is easy for us to do

how many of our airlines want to fly a route that would take us over Ukraine. That said, by the point this happened even airlines which would normally want to fly such routes shouldn't be doing so.