the thing that seems to have probably condemned MH17 was that it was flying north of the corridor (check the flight24 data of it). From the rebels&#x27; positions (25km north of Torez, ie. 25 km north of where the report puts it) using the BUK launcher vehicle&#x27;s radar (they didn&#x27;t have the command&amp;control vehicle with its more powerful 360 radar and the things like transponder identification system, etc...) they could only see the sector about 120 degree in front of them, and giving that sector and the radar working distance, they probably didn&#x27;t see the other planes (which happened to be flying pretty much inside the corridor).