November 3, 2015 Komsomolskaya Pravda Israel Shamir Translated by Kristina Rus Could a missile fired by Israeli or American plane shoot down A321?
Aerial duels were conducted near the Egyptian border, along Metrojet flight path
Israeli and Western bloggers are linking the plane crash "Metrojet-9268" to "Blue Flag 2015" air exercises conducted in the area of the crash. These are the largest exercises of the Israeli air force with participation of the U.S. Air Force, Poland and Greece. Israeli and American planes simulated air duels, simulated fighting two dozens kilometers from the crash site of the Russian aircraft. The exercises were based at Ovda airport, 70 km from Eilat and close to the Egyptian border, along which Metrojet flew. This fact should be taken into account in the analysis of the crash of 9268. The Russian plane was flying at such a height that it could not be shot down by the Sinai militants. But whether to rule out an accidental strike by missiles fired from Israeli or American aircraft - let the experts respond to this question. Metrojet - 9268 is not the first passenger plane crashed over the Sinai desert. In February 1973 the Israeli air force shot down a Libyan passenger airliner, which due to a strong sand storm have gone astray. It did not help the liner that it was flying directly West, towards Cairo, and not Israel. It was still hit, killing 108 of 113 people on board. The then Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir congratulated the commander of the Israeli air force with the achievement. Israel has still not apologized about civilians killed. No one was punished. Ravid Gor, Russian Israeli journalist, has analyzed the current response of Russian Israelis to the collapse of Metrojet and called it "trolls dancing on the blood". Commenters reacted with joy to news that the Israeli army striked the armed forces of Syria, which are defended by the Russian military-space forces. Yet it is difficult to assume that the plane was shot down deliberately.【転載終了】
Sean Adl-Tabatabai| Startling new revelations show that both the US and Israel were conducting war games in the Arava desert when Flight 9268 dropped off the radar, shortly before breaking up in mid-air and crashing in the Sinai, Egypt.
The Russian plane crash has been blamed on ISIS fighters shooting it down, but now evidence has emerged, via Israeli state media, that an operation named “Blue Skies” or “Blue Flag” was taking place at the exact location and at the exact time as the crash.
As reported by The Times Of Israel, in their headline, Blue Skies: Israeli, American, Greek, and Polish air personnel square off against a fictional enemy state in two-week drill (Oct. 30, 2015):
“Air forces from around the world have gathered deep in the Arava desert in the south of Israel for the past week and a half to take part in the largest aerial exercise in the history of the Israeli Air Force.
The “Blue Flag” exercise, which is continuing through November 3, pits the Israeli Air Force, the United States Air Force, Greece’s Hellenic Air Force and the Polish Air Force against a fictional enemy state, the captain in charge of all IAF exercises told The Times of Israel Thursday night.”