Breaking news!: Malaysian Airlines fight MH17 carrying 295 passenger shot down by missile in Ukraines east! Over 100 bodies found scattered around a Malaysian Airlines flight that the Ukrainian government claims was ‘shot down’ near its border with Russia. A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet which crashed as it flew over eastern Ukraine with 295 people on board was reportedly shot down. The aircraft, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was travelling at an altitude of 10,000 metres when it was shot down on Thursday, Russias Interfax reported...................the yet another Boeing 777 was brought down by a Buk ground-to-air missile. Malaysian Airlines confirmed it had lost contact with flight MH17 from Amsterdam, saying the aircraft was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew. None are believed to have survived the crash. Malaysia Airlines confirms it received notification from Ukrainian ATC that it had lost contact with flight MH17 at 1415 (GMT) at 30km from Tamak waypoint, approximately 50km from the Russia-Ukraine border. Flight MH17 operated on a Boeing 777 departed Amsterdam at 12.15pm (Amsterdam local time) and was estimated to arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6.10 am (Malaysia local time) the next day, the statement said..........................The Associated Press news agency reported that its journalist counted at least 22 bodies at the site of the plane wreckage. It added that the field around the burning wreck was strewn with body parts and belongings of the passengers. Investigation launched The aircraft was flying normally, without problems until it disappeared from the radar, the head of the Ukrainian airspace regulatory body told Reuters news agency. On March 8, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passenger jet disappeared from radar screens en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, two-thirds of whom were from China. reuters/AP/Russias Interfax.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:04:09 +0000
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