Civilian aircraft have been caught in the geopolitical crossfire before
If Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down, it would be the latest example of a civilian aircraft being destroyed by military action, writes Robert Wright in New York.
• In 1973, Israeli jets shot down a Libyan airliner, killing 108 people, after the disoriented pilot strayed into airspace over the Sinai Peninsula, then occupied by Israel.
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