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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world.../12779763/

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 295 people aboard crashed Thursday in Ukraine near the Russian border after reportedly being hit by a missile, according to an adviser to Ukraine's interior ministry.

Anton Gerashenko, the adviser, says on his Facebook page the plane was flying at an altitude of 33,000 feet when it was hit Thursday by a missile fired from a Buk launcher, the Associated Press reports.

A similar launcher was seen by AP journalists near the eastern Ukrainian town of Snizhne earlier Thursday.

BUK, also known as SA-17 GRIZZLY, is a mobile anti-aircraft system mounted usually on a tracked vehicle or truck that can simultaneously track and strike six targets flying from different directions and at different altitudes, according to military thinktank Globalsecurity.org.

It was not immediately clear who would have been in control of such a launcher in the restive area where Ukrainian forces are battling ethnic Russian separatists.

The incident comes one day after a Russian military plane reportedly shot down a Ukrainian jet fighter over Ukrainian territory, forcing the pilot to eject, according to the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman.

Malaysia Airlines said on Twitter that it "has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace."

Russia's Interfax news agency, quoting an unidentified aviation source, said Malaysia Airlines flies an Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur route that crosses Ukraine and Russian territory.

The unidentified source, according to Interfax, said the plane was 30 miles from Russian airspace when it began to go down. It said the burning wreckage of the plane was found on the ground in Ukraine.

The report, quoting the aviation source, says there were 280 passengers and 15 crew members aboard.

In the reported shootdown of an Ukrainian fighter, Andriy Lysenko told reporters Thursday that the "provocation" took place Wednesday evening. He said the pilot of the Su-25 assault aircraft was not injured and was rescued by Ukrainian military units.

"A military plane of the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike against a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which performed tasks on Ukrainian territory," Lysenko said, according to the Ukrinform news agency. "Our plane was shot down."

Separatist claims responsibility for the action, thinking it was a military cargo plane:
https://twitter.com/StateOfUkraine/statu...80/photo/1

Cucu, do you notice how the rest of the world is in some sort of civil unrest. I mean besides the major powers at hand like USA, Britain, China, ect.. Times are going to get scary from here on out. Stay safe wherever the military sends you :/

RIP to those whose face the miserable death.

Wicked, post: 112579, member: 17472 Wrote:Cucu, do you notice how the rest of the world is in some sort of civil unrest. I mean besides the major powers at hand like USA, Britain, China, ect.. Times are going to get scary from here on out. Stay safe wherever the military sends you :/

Yea, they compared these two years to World War II era. There is a war on every continent pretty much. So much shit is happening!

We didn't do it.

And damn, Malaysia, did your airlines see a black cat walk under a ladder of broken mirrors?


Украина стала Россия в ближайшее время. Я обещаю.

Alina, post: 112592, member: 18175 Wrote:We didn't do it.

And damn, Malaysia, did your airlines see a black cat walk under a ladder of broken mirrors?

Double post

Украина стала Россия в ближайшее время. Я обещаю.

Rofl. I am sorry Alina, but you can't with 100% certainty say that the pro Russian separatists didn't accidentally hit that civilian plan for thinking it was a military cargo plane.

cucubelu, post: 112593, member: 15378 Wrote:Rofl. I am sorry Alina, but you can't with 100% certainty say that the pro Russian separatists didn't accidentally hit that civilian plan for thinking it was a military cargo plane.

But I can say, as a Русский, that Russia is Russia because Russian is Russian Russia.

Pretty sad :\ Poor families and RIP to those to died in the crash.

Confirmed it was shot down: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17...97014.html