Ukarine News: Malaysian airline flying above 33,000ft (10Km) was shot down by surface to air missile.
A Malaysian airline carrying 295 people has crashed/shot down in the border of Russia and Ukraine today according to Interfax and Reuters. No words yet about the number of casualties as at the time of this report. The flight, Boeing 777 left Amsterdam for Malaysia this morning and crashed in eastern Ukraine.
The Interfax report said the plane came down 50 km (20 miles) short of entering Russian airspace. It "began to drop, afterwards it was found burning on the ground on Ukrainian territory," the unnamed source said.
The plane appeared to have come down in a region of military action where Ukrainian government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists.
A separate unnamed source in the Ukrainian security apparatus, quoted by Interfax, said the plane disappeared from radar at a height of 10,000 metres after which it came down near the town of Shakhtyorsk.
A Malaysian airline carrying 295 people has crashed/shot down in the border of Russia and Ukraine today according to Interfax and Reuters. No words yet about the number of casualties as at the time of this report. The flight, Boeing 777 left Amsterdam for Malaysia this morning and crashed in eastern Ukraine.
The Interfax report said the plane came down 50 km (20 miles) short of entering Russian airspace. It "began to drop, afterwards it was found burning on the ground on Ukrainian territory," the unnamed source said.
The plane appeared to have come down in a region of military action where Ukrainian government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists.
A separate unnamed source in the Ukrainian security apparatus, quoted by Interfax, said the plane disappeared from radar at a height of 10,000 metres after which it came down near the town of Shakhtyorsk.
