Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 crash/shot down in Ukraine near Russian border

[ArcadiaGP]

Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine | Zero Hedge

https://www.breakingnews.com/topic/reports-of-malaysian-plane-crash-in-ukraine-july-17-2014/

http://news.sky.com/story/1302864/malaysian-plane-shot-down-with-295-on-board

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/489794112212959232

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/489795394411712513
https://twitter.com/AP/status/489795700872720384

Malaysian plane was brought down by a ground-to-air missile: Interior Ministry adviser, quoted by Interfax

Adviser to Ukraine's Interior Minister says passenger plane carrying 295 shot down.

Hey everyone, here's an idea.

Stop flying Malaysian Air.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Bad year for them. Odd site. Any other links?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Bad year for them. Odd site. Any other links?

Yeh, adding links as more people pick it up

 

[GregD]

I just saw this on CNN

 

[bwframe]

FNC is reporting that reports are coming in of surface to air missile.

 

[OneShotFOGE]

Malaysia Airlines plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border - live - Telegraph

 

[ArcadiaGP]

“Ukrainian terrorists have endangered not just Russia, but the world. That is why we must take additional steps…” —Putin in 2 days.



More: https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/489799073420283905

Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser said the Buk missile was fired by separatists: Interfax

 

[Redacted]

Jeeze louise

 

[T.Lex]

. Prayers for the innocents killed.

“Ukrainian terrorists have endangered not just Russia, but the world. That is why we must take additional steps…” —Putin in 2 days.

Or sooner.

 

[rw02kr43]

Any chance this was the plane that went missing? No wreckage was ever found. Number of passengers is very close.

 

[other dave]

Well at least this one will be easy to find!

 

[hoosierdoc]

Shot down from six miles up?! Is the Buk a shoulder fired thing or larger?

holy crap

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk_missile_system

 

[Jeremy1066]

Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines Plane Crash: Flight Shot Down Over Ukraine (LATEST UPDATES)

Time for more sanctions I guess.

 

[T.Lex]

No, the SA-11/-17 is a serious weapon.

But, the cruising 777 would be an easy target, too.

Edit:

Something else just occurred to me - this might truly have been a mistake. An Su-25 (from either side) would be at a lower altitude, even if it was in transit somewhere. An aggressive SAM crew might've fired on the Sukhoi, which avoided thanks to countermeasures, but the missile just looked for another target.

Pure speculation, naturally.

 

[ghuns]

Pure speculation, naturally.

It's what we do best.

Supposedly, a Ruskie fighter shot down a Ukrainian fighter the other day. Prolly lots of SAM crews with itchy trigger fingers.

 

[Dead Duck]

Oops

 

[D-Ric902]

There it is.
Tell CNN, they have been looking for it for months.

 

[Birds Away]

Malaysia Airlines Plane Crash: Flight Shot Down Over Ukraine (LATEST UPDATES)

Time for more sanctions I guess.

No, I think it's time for a red line. Those always work.

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

This is ANOTHER Malaysian airlines flight...

Uhhh... I think I'd rather fly Air Yak right now..

Granted, this looks like Putin arming some rebels with itchy trigger fingers to me...

 

[Mark 1911]

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