Air India was 25 km from Malaysia Airlines MH17 when it was shot down over the Eastern Ukraine

The Ukraine airspace is traditionally one of the busiest as flights connecting Europe and Asia transit through this region.

Air India just joined the Star Alliance network. One of Air India’s flight on Thursday was only 25 km away from MH 17, when the Malaysia B787 was hot down over the East Ukraine.

This is according to data provided by flighradar24.com

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flight was among the Air India planes that were rerouted after the crash.

Most planes avoid the other flight path over the Simferopol FIR, because both Russia and Ukraine lay claim over the area and more than one air traffic control in the same airspace could have serious safety implications.

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