&gt; Can you really get that info before hand?<p>That question is not new and is rather simple to google, see for instance <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;how-to-find-the-route-your-plane-is-taking-1406133503" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;how-to-find-the-route-your-plane...</a><p>I dislike the message here, which shifts the blame on the victims (the captain who chooses the flight path, and who was killed). The blame belongs with the operators of that BUK system.<p>(Incidentally, this victim-blaming has been one theme of the Russian troll factories, and this in turn implicates Russian leadership in my eyes.)