The
boss of Emirates has told the BBC it would have avoided flying over Ukraine if
knowledge high altitude missiles were there had been passed on.
The
president of Emirates, Sir Tim Clark, said: "There was evidence that these
missiles had been on site, in situ for a number of weeks beforehand.
"Emirates
did not know of that fact, and I don't think many others did."
He
said though that some carriers did appear to know, but didn't share
information.
He
said it was likely that every airline would have by-passed the danger zone if
they had known.
It's
widely believed that a missile downed Malaysian flight MH17 on 17th July,
killing all 298 people on board.
Planes
had been cleared to fly in the area as long as they stayed above a certain
height, and a report earlier this week highlighted the fact that
