[JULY 2014] Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crashes in Ukraine

[Mr Josh 3]

A Malaysian passenger plane with 295 people on board has been shot down as it flew above eastern Ukraine, according to aviation sources.

 

The plane, which is believed to have been flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was travelling at an altitude of 10km (6.2 miles) when it was shot down, Russia's Interfax reported.

 

The aircraft, reportedly a Boeing 777, was brought down by a ground-to-air missile, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry quoted by the news agency said.

 

A spokesman for Malaysian Airlines confirmed it had lost contact with flight MH17, which departed from Amsterdam at 12.14am local time.

 

 

The flight disappeared from radar as it flew over Ukrainian airspace, he said. Media reports suggest the plane came down in the Donestk region, where there has been recent heavy fighting amid continuing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

 

Video apparently filmed in the are shows plumes of thick, black smoke rising high into the air.

An aviation source told the Reuters news agency the wreckage of a burning aircraft had been found on the ground.

 

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 just before it disappeared over Ukraine. 

 

 

Aviation expert Major Charles Hayman told Sky News: "It's highly likely this aircraft was flying along a fault line between Russian and Ukrainian defences.

 

"It’s possible the Ukrainians flapped a bit, thought it was hostile and shot it down.

 

"Perhaps it was confusion at the Ukrainian air defence centre.

 

"It looks like someone failed to recognise this was a civilian plane and shot it down."

 

A spokesman for Boeing said it was aware of reports of MH17's disappearance, while a Foreign Office official added: "We're urgently working to establish what has happened."

 

VIDEO:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCulEzHQh4

 

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(Reuters) - Dozens of bodies were scattered around the smouldering wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed in a field in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, a Reuters reporter said.

 

An emergency services rescue worker said at least 100 bodies had so far been found at the scene, near the village of Grabovo, and that debris from the wreckage was spread across an area up to about 15 km (nine miles) in diameter.

 

Broken pieces of the wings were marked with blue and red paint - the same colours as the emblem of the Malaysian airline which lost track of a Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was carrying almost 300 people.

 

"I was working in the field on my tractor when I heard the sound of a plane and then a bang and shots. Then I saw the plane hit the ground and break in two. There was thick black smoke," said a witness, who gave his name only as Vladimir.

 

A separatist rebel from nearby Krasnyi Luch who gave his name only as Sergei said: "From my balcony I saw a plane begin to descend from a great height and then heard two explosions.

 

He denied the rebels had shot the plane down.

 

"This could happen only if it was a fighter jet or a surface-to-air missile (that shot it down)," he told Reuters, saying the rebels did not have weapons capable of shooting shoot down a plane at such a height.

 

All 295 people aboard the plane were killed, a Ukrainian interior ministry official said, blaming "terrorists" using a ground-to-air missile.

 

Ukraine's prime minister called the downing of the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur a "catastrophe".

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So horrible. RIP

Edited January 21, 2015 by Mr Josh

[Poker 3,145]

WHAT

[Honey Boo Boo 203]

My country's reputation

 

Hoping this isn't true.

 

Praying for all those lives.

[Dodo 313]

well then

 

 

never taking Malaysian airlines 

[monsterdreams 1,529]

If this happened then that is so awful

What is with Malaysia airlines crashing

:(

[cometoogg 0]

what the hell is wrong with these malaysian planes 

i hope everyone is ok

Edited July 17, 2014 by maus

[Mr Josh 3]

The plane's position is stuck on both FlightAware and Flightradar24 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS17

[Poker 3,145]

The plane's position is stuck on both FlightAware and Flightradar24 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS17

omg

 

My thoughts are with the passangers and their families.

[Honey Boo Boo 203]

Watching this on CNN

 

This is sad.

[bionic 32,038]

:(

[VforVendetta 2,024]

No way. Get over it guys. The plain was under a piracy attack and was taked down by the US base. Do you honestly think that they don;t know what happened to that plane?  A Boeing isnlt just crashing in the middle of Europe without anyone noticing it. 

 

Oh, it's a second one? Mess, sorry.

Edited July 17, 2014 by VforVendetta

[Azor Ahai 18,861]

Jesus Christ so many airplane crashes in a year wow.

[RAMROD 87,013]

Whats wrong with Malaysian flights this year tbh??? Sounds fearsome.

R.I.P. to all death victims.

[Honey Boo Boo 203]

Is this real?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp29qv6drTY

 

It seems too small

but

[Mr Josh 3]

No way. Get over it guys. The plain was under a piracy attack and was taked down by the US base. Do you honestly think that they don;t know what happened to that plane?  A Boeing isnlt just crashing in the middle of Europe without anyone noticing it. 

Goodbye.