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> there's no international regulatory agency governing acceptable flight paths

I believe the ICAO is this regulatory agency.

But with no legal power of enforcement I'm guessing? I mean an airlines can always choose to follow the directives of agencies from other countries that have more stringent standards.

I guess what I'm trying to get at is that there should be definitely increased public pressure on airlines to include flight safety in their calculations. Or atleast not fly over active war zones..

The threat model was such that they thought the missiles in that region couldn't hit targets above 32,000 ft. MH17 was flying at 33,000 ft.

All rules bodies can do is make rules based on the best available information. Their information was wrong, but it's not like they didn't try.

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