A Malaysian Air passenger jet crashed in Ukraine today.
There were 295 passengers on board the flight.
Sky News is reporting the plane was “shot down.”
BREAKING Boing777 shot down near #Shakhtarsk (controlled by #terrorists) in #Donetsk oblast http://t.co/vPIht0Xg42 pic.twitter.com/RPxY6a8QBW
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) July 17, 2014
** The plane was shot down by a Buk ground-to-air missile, a Ukrainian interior ministry official, quoted by Interfax news agency said.
BREAKING: Malaysia Airlines passenger 'shot down' near Russian border in Ukraine http://t.co/a6SHqAWx0Y pic.twitter.com/cYF201yiC2
— HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) July 17, 2014
British news network Sky and Russian news agency Interfax are reporting that a Malaysian Airlines flight operating from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed with 295 passengers on board. The tail number is reported to be 9M-MRD. The flight was operating as flight 17. The plane, a Boeing 777-200ER, was delivered to Malaysia Airlines in 1997.
There are reports that Russia has been supplying rebel groups with surface-to-air missiles.
There have been signs of Russia supplying separatist also with fairly advanced surface-to-air systems recently. Horrible.
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) July 17, 2014
UPDATE: Militants in Donetsk, Ukraine shot down the plane near Shakhtarsk.
Militants in #Donetsk oblast #Ukraine shot down #Malaysian Boeing777 pic.twitter.com/ak5CXB2uXA http://t.co/cmUDxfhpYh photo – @Liveuamap |EMPR
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) July 17, 2014
UPDATE: Pro-Russian separatists claim they shot down the plane.
#BREAKINGNEWS Pro-Russian #Separatists in E.#Ukraine confirm they shot down #MalaysiaAirlines plane w/295 ppl on board #RussiaAttacksUkraine
— Volodymyr Solohub (@v_solohub) July 17, 2014
Here’s video of the plane crash:
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