This thread has actually achieved something worthwhile. Hotrod has learned to spell "error" correctly (while making a total goose of himself). All is not lost.
Dealing with more serious matters, the Middle East, Israel/Gaza and the Ukraine combine to form a very large dangerous flying zone at present and air travel between our part of the world and Europe will probably have to undergo some serious route changes to ensure the safety of aircraft, for some time to come. The fact that such deadly weapons are in the hands of non-government bodies is a dangerous sign of the way local wars are developing. We can't be sure that this sort of thing wouldn't happen again over the Ukraine, or some of the other hot spots in the Middle East, if Buk missiles or similar weapons fell into the wrong hands. Countries like Russia, China, North Korea and even France aren't too choosy who they sell their weapons to, if the price is right and we can never say for certain that they won't come into the possession of terrorists and ratbags who would gladly take aim at any civilian aircraft that flew overhead, even in allegedly safe zones, just to perpetrate their cause.
