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by wil421 716 days ago
Why wouldn’t you just mess with a mechanical component or simply murder someone without doing it while they are on an airplane?

Car bombings still happen sometimes but it’s much easier to just shoot someone or push them off a balcony.

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Why wasn't Prigozhin killed on the ground?
Presumably because he was surrounded by troops reasonably loyal to him, making any assassination difficult.

That he was killed by manipulating the data bus seems entirely speculative and exceedingly unlikely. If you have that kind of access to the plane you can plant a bomb or if you just want to down the plane Russia has potent anti-air weapons which trivially can take down a sub sonic passenger jet.

path of least resistance?