A passenger plane with 295 people on board has been shot down as it flew above eastern Ukraine, according to aviation sources.
The Malaysia Airlines plane, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was travelling at an altitude of 10km (6.2 miles) when it was shot down, Russia’s Interfax reported.
The Boeing 777 was brought down by a Buk ground-to-air missile, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry quoted by the news agency said.
Rummaging through some other sites that have pictures of wreckage that is strewn over “15km area” with bodies in the pics, it was shot down. The Russians have been supply the “separatists” with SAMs, and “the separatists” have shot down a few Ukrainian planes the past two days, all high altitude shoots. I think some one wanted to one up their comrades…oops.
Either way, if all true, NATO, and hell the UN, need to come down on Putin hard for either supplying the rebels in a war to benefit them, or possibly lay blame at his feet as I believe their had to be a Russian adviser directing the SAM.
ETA: This could also give Ukraine the best shot of becoming an NATO member and getting NATO involved to drive out the separatist.
Kateryna_Kruk @Kateryna_Kruk · 18m
Ukrainian police can’t come to the side of the tragedy,terrorists are blocking the way.they said will send black boxes to Moscow…
hn Schindler @20committee · 11m
BREAKING: Andrei Purgin, DepPM of “Donetsk People’s Republic,” says #MH17 B777 black boxes will be given to Moscow for analysis – Interfax
Here is where Moscow gets to be the good guys and turn over the FDR to an international committee or Malaysia.
The UN won’t do anything, maybe just pass a resolution condemning the action by the separatist. They won’t (or refuse to) see Russian fingerprints on this.
What a terrible tragedy. If it was in fact shot down, someone needs to answer for this. Prayers and thoughts to all the families around the world who lost loved ones.
Do you seriously think any official in the US government gives a rat’s behind about the 23 Americans? It’ll be labeled a tragedy and we’ll go on down the road like always. If “we” don’t get incensed about a diplomat and others killed in Libya, then what are these lives to us?