Zwei hochrangige US-Militärbeamte erklärten nun, die Ursache für den Absturz der F-16 sei wahrscheinlich kein Eigenbeschuss gewesen.

Yanking and banking hard at night attacking low flying cruise missiles. My money is he flew into the ground (CFIT Controlled Flight Into Terrain – common enough to have its own acronym)

> But they emphasized that Western air defense systems and F-16 fighter jets have never worked together in conditions as complex as the circumstances in Ukraine

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> “Many things could have led to the loss of the F-16, including the technical condition of the plane, pilot error, external factors,”

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> For instance, he said, it was possible that fragments of a destroyed missile could have hit a vital part of the plane. “At this moment of the investigation, all versions are being considered, including friendly fire,” he said.

Seems like they haven’t made a determination one way or the other; the “reversal” seems to indicate that they aren’t certain. The word “reversal” seems slightly misleading, it feels like they were saying it was ruled out entirely.

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Also: plugging OP’s citation of the paywall-free version of the article [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1f5vjro/in_a_reversal_two_senior_us_military_officials/lkvo85g/) incase their comment gets buried.