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In reply to the discussion: Witness to fighter pilot's comments after airliner's destruction passes lie detector test. [View all]bemildred
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The pilot, named as Captain Vladislav Voloshin, said 'the plane was in the wrong place at the wrong time' evidently having confused the Boeing for a military target, said the source.
'In the second half of the day, roughly an hour before the Boeing was shot down, three fighters took off,' said the source. 'I don't remember the exact hour. One of the jets was equipped with air-to-air missiles. It was a Sukhoi-25.'
Only one plane returned to this air base, he said, and it was the one that previously had the missiles suspended below.
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'They are suspended to a fighter jet only on a special order,' he said. 'Most typically, the commanders didn't order this because such missiles can't be carried in the air for no particular reason.'
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