David Gleave, a former air accident investigator says that the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over the Ukraine-Russia border, means the wreckage is in an "insecure region".
He added that the location of the crash site and ongoing tensions between Ukrainians and Pro-Russia separatists could hamper the work of air crash investigators as they attempt to reach the crash scene.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Mr Gleave said that up until now there has been no large political pressure to block off eastern Ukrainian air space from commercial flights. However following the reports that Malaysian Airlines was shot down, he says that it is likely any future air craft will be diverted around the area for the forseeable future.
"Subsequent flights will take longer, with a great fuel penalty and possibly requiring refuelling on route."
Of course, this disaster comes just over four months since the disappearance of MH370 on March 8 2014.
He called into question the future of Malaysian Airlines, suggesting that the drop in bookings following the loss of MH370 earlier in the year would be compounded by the downing of MH17.
Mr Gleave said: "It's a terrible tragedy to lose one airliner, but to lose two is almost unthinkable."
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