Breaking: Malaysian Airlines Plane Shot Down Over Ukraine With A Missile, 295 Dead

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Reports have just come in that a Malaysian Airlines plane carrying 295 passengers has been shot down by a missile over the border of Russia and Ukraine.
Russian news agency Interfax cites Ukraine’s Interior Ministry advisor as saying all aboard the plane have died.

Live crash images can be seen here

Malaysian airline crashed

Malaysian airlines airplane

The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur and carrying 295 passengers when it was shot down flying at 32,000 Feet. According to reuters, the plane didn’t enter Russian airspace as scheduled and was shot down by a missile. Plane was expected to enter Russian airspace at 5:20pm local time, but never did.
Malaysian Airlines Crash

Malaysian Airlines Plane

Malaysian Airlines authorities have confirmed that they have lost contact with the plane but haven’t yet confirmed if it has been shot down or crashed. A source has told Reuters that a Malaysia Airlines plane has been found burning in Eastern Ukraine. This is one of the saddest incidents in the aviation history.

It is being speculated that the plane was shot down by a BUK surface to air missile. According to sources,  the tail number of the crashed Malaysian plane is reported to be 9M-MRD. It was operating as flight 17 these days. The Boeing 777-200ER was delivered to Malaysia Airlines in 1997 and was in perfect working order.

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Boeing had this to say on the incident:

First eyewitnesses to the crash site have uploaded the following images on twitter:

Malaysian airline shot down
Malaysian Crash

A video has also emerged on youtube showing smoke billowing from the crash site.

THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY: We will update our readers with more information as the story develops. Keep following this page for more.

10 comments

  1. Fashion Reply

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  2. peepo Reply

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  3. raza Reply

    The show of power is common from the so called democracies and socialist now a days . The underdeveloped nations have nothing but to protest. The damage and loss is to be paid by the non violant people.

  4. jalaluddin Reply

    IT IS D MOST SHOCKING MOMENT FOR WHOLE WORLD..
    GOD BLESS THEM ALL PASSENGERS ON BOARD WITH LIFE.
    AMEEN

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