He could have been taken out at anytime on US soil. This airline was shot out of the sky by a Russian fighter jet that was being guided by Russian air controllers, and this was an act of war. This would have been an insane move to take one person out and risk a world war. They could have set up a car accident, home invasion, random street robbery, etc, but to shoot down a plane with hundreds of people on board and have the Russians do it? No, I don't think that's why this plane was shot down. Why was he on the plane, where was he going, who was he meeting, those are interesting questions that might lead to even more questions.
He could have been taken out at anytime on US soil. This airline was shot out of the sky by a Russian fighter jet that was being guided by Russian air controllers, and this was an act of war. This would have been an insane move to take one person out and risk a world war. They could have set up a car accident, home invasion, random street robbery, etc, but to shoot down a plane with hundreds of people on board and have the Russians do it? No, I don't think that's why this plane was shot down. Why was he on the plane, where was he going, who was he meeting, those are interesting questions that might lead to even more questions.