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A Malaysian passenger aircraft crashed after being shot down near the Russian border in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, according to an adviser to Ukraine's Interior Minister. There were 295 people on board.
The commercial Boeing airliner was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, a source told the Interfax news agency.
Anton Gerashenko, an aide to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, wrote on his Facebook page that the plane was flying at an altitude of 33,000 feet over eastern Ukraine when it was hit by a missile fired from a Buk launcher and crashed near the city of Donetsk - a stronghold of pro-Russian rebels.
A similar launcher was reported by journalists near the eastern Ukrainian town of Snizhne earlier today. The system can fire missiles up to an altitude of 72,000 feet.
The aircraft involved is understood to be a Boeing 777 with flight number MH17, which departed from Amsterdam at 12.14am local time, 15 minutes later than scheduled, according to flight records.
It was expected to arrive in Malaysia at 6:10am local time, but did not enter Russian airspace when it was expected to, a Russian aviation source told Reuters.
The Interfax report said the plane came down 50 km (20 miles) short of entering Russian airspace. It "began to drop, afterwards it was found burning on the ground on Ukrainian territory," the unnamed source said.
Malaysia Airlines crash: What we do and don't know so far
The Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has ordered an investigation into what he has called an "airplan catastrophe", his spokeswoman Olga Lappo said on Thursday.
His comments were followed by a tweet by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who said he was "shocked" by reports of a plane crash, and mirrored that an investigation was being launched into the incident immediately.
dougla_boy wrote:why russia shoot it down tho?
racedriverpro wrote:Is it rebels that shot it down or Russian military? Seems like something to start a war..
Soul Collector wrote:dougla_boy wrote:why russia shoot it down tho?
According to my friend, things have been "tense" between Ukraine and Russia the past few months. Duno why tho.racedriverpro wrote:Is it rebels that shot it down or Russian military? Seems like something to start a war..
Same thing I said too....its sheit like this that can possibly start wars. Next thing is Ukraine self shoot it down to get the ball rolling
Anyways...its pretty sad..all those families..
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