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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would a surface to air missile reach 37,000 ft?[/quote]

They can reach 15 miles, that is 79200 feet.[/quote]

Yes. Do you remember the Malaysia Airlines 17 flight shot down over the Ukraine?!
It had been mid flight Amsterdam to Malaysia!!  It had nothing to do with what was going on on the ground.
It was shot down by a Russian BUK surface to air missile- by separatists who were far too stupid to realize that this was not the Ukrainian cargo plane they thought it was.
I am still so upset every time I think about that one.[/quote]

Was Russia ever held accountable for this tragedy?  This is a sincere question - I have not heard anything about what happened in regard to this.  [/quote]

No, they vetoed the UN resolution that wanted to hold them accountable via a tribunal.

What is clear is that the Russian separatists shot down this plane at full intercontinental cruising altitude with a surface to air missile and killed almost 300 people, apparently confusing it with a Ukrainian plane.
The European countries that conducted the investigation identified the weapon without a doubt.
Whether Russia was involved other than providing this weapon at some point - that is up to speculation, unlikely in my opinion (do the separatists phone Russia before every shot?). 
The entire conversation of this military unit where they boasted that they just shot down a cargo plane was live, and on social media as well (later deleted).
No, none of them will ever be held accountable.

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