A
Malaysian Airlines passenger plane has been shot down on the
Russian-Ukraine border, killing all 295 people on board, according to a
Ukrainian interior ministry official.
Flight
MH17, which was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew, was flying between
Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur after taking off at lunchtime today. The
Interfax news agency reported that the aircraft went missing near
Donetsk, where pro-Russian rebels have been fighting Ukrainian
government forces.
TV pictures from the scene showed a pall of smoke billowing into the sky apparently from the stricken aircraft. Witnesses say body parts are scattered over a distance of 15km, suggesting the plane broke up in mid-air.
Also Russian President Vladimir
Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama spoke about the Malaysian passenger
jet crash in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday.
“The Russian leader informed the US
president about an air-traffic controllers’ report that came just before their phone
conversation that a Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine,” the Kremlin said in a
statement.
“Malaysia Airlines has lost contact
of MH17 from Amsterdam,” the airline, still reeling from the disappearance of
flight MH370, said on its Twitter account.
“The last known position was over
Ukrainian airspace,” it said, adding that it would provide more details soon.
The plane was due to travel from
Amsterdam on an overnight flight to Kuala Lumpur, and was expected in the
Malaysian capital at around 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
said the jet crashed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine and may have been shot
down.
“We do not exclude that the plane
was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets
in the sky,” Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president’s website.
Russia’s UN envoy denied
involvement.
“We didn’t do it,” Russian
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Malaysia Airlines did not immediately
specify the type of aircraft involved or how many passengers were aboard.
“I am shocked by reports that an MH
plane crashed,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed. “We are launching an immediate
investigation.”
The flag carrier and Malaysia’s
government are still struggling to provide answers to the mysterious March 8
disappearance of flight MH370.
The plane went missing with 239
passengers and crew on board and is now believed to have diverted off its
flight path and crashed in the remote Indian Ocean. No trace of the plane has yet been
found.
Malaysia
Airlines said on Thursday it had “lost contact” with one of its
passenger planes whose last known position was over eastern Ukraine,
amid speculation it had been shot down.
Also Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama spoke about the Malaysian passenger jet crash in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday.
“The Russian leader informed the US president about an air-traffic controllers’ report that came just before their phone conversation that a Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
“Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam,” the airline, still reeling from the disappearance of flight MH370, said on its Twitter account.
“The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace,” it said, adding that it would provide more details soon.
The plane was due to travel from Amsterdam on an overnight flight to Kuala Lumpur, and was expected in the Malaysian capital at around 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the jet crashed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine and may have been shot down.
“We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky,” Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president’s website.
Russia’s UN envoy denied involvement.
“We didn’t do it,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Malaysia Airlines did not immediately specify the type of aircraft involved or how many passengers were aboard.
“I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed.
“We are launching an immediate investigation.”
The flag carrier and Malaysia’s government are still struggling to provide answers to the mysterious March 8 disappearance of flight MH370.
The plane went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board and is now believed to have diverted off its flight path and crashed in the remote Indian Ocean.
No trace of the plane has yet been found.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/malaysia-airlines-loses-contact-flight-ukraine/#sthash.umH5JYfN.dpuf
Also Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama spoke about the Malaysian passenger jet crash in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday.
“The Russian leader informed the US president about an air-traffic controllers’ report that came just before their phone conversation that a Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
“Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam,” the airline, still reeling from the disappearance of flight MH370, said on its Twitter account.
“The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace,” it said, adding that it would provide more details soon.
The plane was due to travel from Amsterdam on an overnight flight to Kuala Lumpur, and was expected in the Malaysian capital at around 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the jet crashed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine and may have been shot down.
“We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky,” Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president’s website.
Russia’s UN envoy denied involvement.
“We didn’t do it,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Malaysia Airlines did not immediately specify the type of aircraft involved or how many passengers were aboard.
“I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed.
“We are launching an immediate investigation.”
The flag carrier and Malaysia’s government are still struggling to provide answers to the mysterious March 8 disappearance of flight MH370.
The plane went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board and is now believed to have diverted off its flight path and crashed in the remote Indian Ocean.
No trace of the plane has yet been found.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/malaysia-airlines-loses-contact-flight-ukraine/#sthash.umH5JYfN.dpuf
Malaysia
Airlines said on Thursday it had “lost contact” with one of its
passenger planes whose last known position was over eastern Ukraine,
amid speculation it had been shot down.
Also Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama spoke about the Malaysian passenger jet crash in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday.
“The Russian leader informed the US president about an air-traffic controllers’ report that came just before their phone conversation that a Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
“Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam,” the airline, still reeling from the disappearance of flight MH370, said on its Twitter account.
“The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace,” it said, adding that it would provide more details soon.
The plane was due to travel from Amsterdam on an overnight flight to Kuala Lumpur, and was expected in the Malaysian capital at around 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the jet crashed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine and may have been shot down.
“We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky,” Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president’s website.
Russia’s UN envoy denied involvement.
“We didn’t do it,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Malaysia Airlines did not immediately specify the type of aircraft involved or how many passengers were aboard.
“I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed.
“We are launching an immediate investigation.”
The flag carrier and Malaysia’s government are still struggling to provide answers to the mysterious March 8 disappearance of flight MH370.
The plane went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board and is now believed to have diverted off its flight path and crashed in the remote Indian Ocean.
No trace of the plane has yet been found.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/malaysia-airlines-loses-contact-flight-ukraine/#sthash.umH5JYfN.dpuf
Also Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama spoke about the Malaysian passenger jet crash in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday.
“The Russian leader informed the US president about an air-traffic controllers’ report that came just before their phone conversation that a Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
“Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam,” the airline, still reeling from the disappearance of flight MH370, said on its Twitter account.
“The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace,” it said, adding that it would provide more details soon.
The plane was due to travel from Amsterdam on an overnight flight to Kuala Lumpur, and was expected in the Malaysian capital at around 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the jet crashed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine and may have been shot down.
“We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky,” Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president’s website.
Russia’s UN envoy denied involvement.
“We didn’t do it,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Malaysia Airlines did not immediately specify the type of aircraft involved or how many passengers were aboard.
“I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed.
“We are launching an immediate investigation.”
The flag carrier and Malaysia’s government are still struggling to provide answers to the mysterious March 8 disappearance of flight MH370.
The plane went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board and is now believed to have diverted off its flight path and crashed in the remote Indian Ocean.
No trace of the plane has yet been found.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/malaysia-airlines-loses-contact-flight-ukraine/#sthash.umH5JYfN.dpuf
Malaysia
Airlines said on Thursday it had “lost contact” with one of its
passenger planes whose last known position was over eastern Ukraine,
amid speculation it had been shot down.
Also Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama spoke about the Malaysian passenger jet crash in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday.
“The Russian leader informed the US president about an air-traffic controllers’ report that came just before their phone conversation that a Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
“Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam,” the airline, still reeling from the disappearance of flight MH370, said on its Twitter account.
“The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace,” it said, adding that it would provide more details soon.
The plane was due to travel from Amsterdam on an overnight flight to Kuala Lumpur, and was expected in the Malaysian capital at around 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the jet crashed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine and may have been shot down.
“We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky,” Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president’s website.
Russia’s UN envoy denied involvement.
“We didn’t do it,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Malaysia Airlines did not immediately specify the type of aircraft involved or how many passengers were aboard.
“I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed.
“We are launching an immediate investigation.”
The flag carrier and Malaysia’s government are still struggling to provide answers to the mysterious March 8 disappearance of flight MH370.
The plane went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board and is now believed to have diverted off its flight path and crashed in the remote Indian Ocean.
No trace of the plane has yet been found.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/malaysia-airlines-loses-contact-flight-ukraine/#sthash.umH5JYfN.dpuf
Also Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama spoke about the Malaysian passenger jet crash in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday.
“The Russian leader informed the US president about an air-traffic controllers’ report that came just before their phone conversation that a Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
“Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam,” the airline, still reeling from the disappearance of flight MH370, said on its Twitter account.
“The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace,” it said, adding that it would provide more details soon.
The plane was due to travel from Amsterdam on an overnight flight to Kuala Lumpur, and was expected in the Malaysian capital at around 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the jet crashed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine and may have been shot down.
“We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky,” Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president’s website.
Russia’s UN envoy denied involvement.
“We didn’t do it,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
Malaysia Airlines did not immediately specify the type of aircraft involved or how many passengers were aboard.
“I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed.
“We are launching an immediate investigation.”
The flag carrier and Malaysia’s government are still struggling to provide answers to the mysterious March 8 disappearance of flight MH370.
The plane went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board and is now believed to have diverted off its flight path and crashed in the remote Indian Ocean.
No trace of the plane has yet been found.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/malaysia-airlines-loses-contact-flight-ukraine/#sthash.umH5JYfN.dpuf
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