Breaking News: A US Fighter Jet has crashed into the North Sea, off the coast of Yorkshire. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-53051055 Innocent crash or taken down?
I'm sure the government will blame it on the Russians. Or maybe the Chinese. Or of course the Iranians.
What indications would lead you to it having been shot down? The BBC report doesn't, so why would you?
Nothing but there has been a lot of Russian Naval activity in the Channel and North Sea. It’s highly unusual for something like that to happen here.
Exactly. Somehow many people believe everything they are told....and never question. For all we know our plane was shot down.
Sh-i-t happens. If the Russians did, you'll soon read that terrorist leader Pootin was killed in a drone attack.
One shouldn't talk bad about dead people, although, I wouldn't do anything else at the annoying Orange.
Oh for heavens sake, conspiracy theories already? Firstly it's highly unlikely the downed aircraft was flying solo. That means other US/NATO aircraft in the vicinity monitoring the airspace where the accident happened together with land based radars. So authorities will have a good fix on who or what was in the area at the time, including Russian assets. Secondly the North Sea is very shallow so locating and recovering the black box will be relatively easy. If nothing else that, together with the radio logs will tell investigators a great deal about what happened. So how about all those with too much time on their hands just give the evil russkis and anal probing alien space craft a rest for a while pending some actual FACTS. If nothing else it would certainly make a refreshing change on this forum for once.