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Ukraine says rebels shoot down Malaysian airliner, 295 dead

 

Reuters: Maxim Zmeyev

Emergencies Ministry members work at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official said.

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GRABOVO, Ukraine, July 17 (Reuters) - A Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official said.

Raising the stakes in the East-West showdown between Kiev and Moscow, the official blamed "terrorists" using a ground-to-air missile and Ukraine's prime minister called the downing of the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur a "catastrophe".

Related: Burning wreckage, bodies scattered after airliner crashes in Ukraine

Official: Malaysian Plane Shot Down Over Ukraine

 

 

1 hr ago Duration: 0:31 Views: 8k A Reuters correspondent saw burning wreckage and bodies on the ground at the village of Grabovo, about 40 km (25 miles) from the Russian border in an area where pro-Russian rebels have been active and have claimed to have shot down other aircraft.

The Boeing 777 came down near the city of Donetsk, stronghold of pro-Russian rebels, interior ministry official Anton Gerashchenko said on Facebook, adding it was "shot down with a Buk anti-aircraft system by terrorists" - the term the Kiev government uses for militants seeking to unite eastern Ukraine with Russia. The dead were 280 passengers and 15 crew.

Malaysia Airlines said on its Twitter feed it had lost contact with its flight MH-17 from Amsterdam. "The last known position was over Ukrainian air space," it said.

A rebel leader said Ukrainian forces shot the airliner down. Ukrainian official said their military was not involved.

Interfax-Ukraine quoted another Ukrainian official as saying the plane disappeared from radar when it was flying at 10,000 metres (33,000 feet), a typical cruising altitude for airliners.

Ukraine has accused Russia of taking an active role in the four-month-old conflict in recent days and accused it earlier on Thursday of shooting down a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jet - an accusation that Moscow denied.

The military commander of the rebels, a Russian named Igor Strelkov, had written on his social media page shortly before the report of the airliner being downed that his forces had brought down an Antonov An-26 in the same area. It is a turboprop transport plane of a type used by Ukraine's forces.

(Writing by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Peter Millership)

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Terrible. What on earth is wrong with some people.

Yeah I know! I heard about it and I'm sure it's all of the weapons Putin has been supplying to the Rebels...and this is coming from a conservative American standpoint

 

 

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/mh17-passenger-joked-about-disappearing-plane

 

No words. The way you can just read how his friends and family slowly found out it was indeed that plane that crashed...

This has been a horrible day all around the world

It made me silence. A total of 154 dutch people where on board.

There was a dutch passenger who made a picture of the plane before boarding, he uploaded it to facebook with the text: This is how it looks, in case it goes missing...

Absolutely gut-wrenching news. I hope the survivors' families find peace. I think answers is what they want above all.

I'm just here like :snobby: and :no:

I just saw this on the news and I'm stuck in an angry shock. How can you shoot a F*CKING PASSENGER JET YOU BUNCH OF F*CKWITS

 

Jesus Christ these poor people. I hope they died instantly and didn't have to suffer :sad2:

I just cannot get my brain to understand this.

 

My friends in Ukraine say they live in a war-zone and they are right.

I just cannot get my brain to understand this.

 

My friends in Ukraine say they live in a war-zone and they are right.

 

If there are bullets flying through the air and planes crashing from the sky I would feel the same. Unbelievable, really unbelievable.

Oh Goddd were the shotters thinking they shot balloons? NOOOOO. Look at those innocent passengers, they killed 250 something people.. Such an irony. AND THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE NOT BALLOOOONSSSSS. *just sayin*

Deepest condolences to the victims. My prayers go out to their friends and families.

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My friend sent this to me and I thought to share it on here too. Sad right?

My friend sent this to me and I thought to share it on here too. Sad right?

 

I'm trying really hard to not start a rage talk again :|

Yes it is sad.

I'm trying really hard to not start a rage talk again :|

Yes it is sad.

 

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MH14 flight routes

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2014/07/18/mh14-flight-routes-petersons-newday.cnn

Holy shit grids, do we really have to post photos of bodies? It's not really a spectacle to be gawked at like that.

Go to 4chan to look at dead people grids, not in a music forum.

Go to 4chan to look at dead people grids, not in a music forum.

 

Sorry Batman, I didnt mean to. But the picture is already being removed.

I know. I still replied to it so that others don't get the idea of posting pictures of mangled bodies, too <___<

I know. I still replied to it so that others don't get the idea of posting pictures of mangled bodies, too <___<

 

No worries, thats my fault.