Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed today over the Ukraine. The Boeing 777 was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members when it left Amsterdam on its way to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Officials believe that no one survived the crash.
According to the Russian news agency Interfax, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Eastern Ukraine after it failed to enter Russian airspace.
#BREAKING: Interfax agency says Malaysian passenger airliner was shot down at altitude of 10 km above Eastern Ukraine
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 17, 2014
Malaysia Airlines has not confirmed the cause of the crash. The airline did say in a Facebook post that it lost contact with flight MH17 over Ukraine airspace.
A reporter in East Ukraine spotted the wreckage and an official with the Russian Emergency Ministry told Gawker that bodies from flight #MH17 were scattered over a 10 mile radius.
#BREAKING: Reuters correspondent on the scene in Eastern Ukraine sees burning wreckage of air plane, bodies on ground
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) July 17, 2014
Photos of the wreckage have also started showing up on Twitter. User @MatevzNovak has been posting photos of the debris to his account. These pictures have not been verified as authentic.
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine by Nadezhda Chernetskaya http://ift.tt/WeVZub
— legionar (@MatevzNovak) July 17, 2014
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine . Don't know what part of the plane is this. http://ift.tt/1nBfVN8
— legionar (@MatevzNovak) July 17, 2014
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine More photos http://ift.tt/1nBfVNe
— legionar (@MatevzNovak) July 17, 2014
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine by Nadezhda Chernetskaya http://ift.tt/1t9wFR9
— legionar (@MatevzNovak) July 17, 2014
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine by Nadezhda Chernetskaya http://ift.tt/1kzOROl
— legionar (@MatevzNovak) July 17, 2014
A video was also posted to YouTube that reportedly shows smoke from the wreckage rising over the hill.
No one has taken responsibility for shooting down the plane.
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