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Although this makes the Turkish claims fairly suspicious, the Russian claims are also quite dubious, according to
the researchers. The Russian map that apparently shows the jet not violating Turkish airspace at all shows that it
changed course by 90 degrees when it was hit by the missile. A change of course of 90 degrees can only be
achieved with an object thats many times heavier or faster than the jet, the physicists note on their blog.
A surface-to-air missile would not have caused this to happen, implying the 90-degree turn was caused by the pilots
own maneuvering. Therefore, despite Russias claims to the contrary, the jet was likely not actively avoiding Turkish
territory.
So, according to science, both Turkey and Russia are, to some degree, contriving falsehoods.
[H/T: Motherboard]
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