Report: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine

[Traderd]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/europe/ukraine-malaysia-airlines-crash/index.html

A 777. Not sure if this has been verified outside of Interfax.

 

[Traderd]

No idea if this really tells anyone anything, but here's the flight on FlightAWare

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS17

 

[iflyhigh72]

Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in Ukraine near Russian border
http://nydn.us/UcCeBK

Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in Ukraine near Russian border
17 July 2014 11:52 AM
BY MICHAEL WALSH

EUROMAIDAN PR VIA YOUTUBE
Dark clouds of smoke rise from a field where Malaysian Airlines 777 was shot down Thursday.
A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was reportedly shot down in Ukraine near the Russian border Thursday.
The Boeing 777 had 280 passengers and 15 crew members, Interfax reported citing an an aviation industry source.
Malaysia Airlines confirmed it lost contact with the flight.
It came down just 20 miles short of entering Russian airspace near the town of Shakhtyorsk, in an area where the Ukrainian government has been fighting pro-Russian rebels.
It "began to drop, afterwards it was found burning on the ground on Ukrainian territory," a unidentified source told Reuters.
Flight Aware shows the flight was heading from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the main international airport in the Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur International Airport outside Kuala Lumpur, the most populous city of Malaysia.
The flight reportedly departed at 12:14 a.m. local time.
This is the first Malaysia Airlines flight to crash since Flight 370, which mysteriously vanished in March ? sparking an international search effort.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
With News Wire Services

 

[Traderd]

Wrong place, wrong time? Given the nature of this conflict and the downing of other aircraft, perhaps an error?

I've got my tin foil hat on and it's telling me to type "False Flag." The Russians want a reason to go in, or we want a reason for the Russians to go in, or the EU wants a reason for the Russians to go in.....

 

[rumpletumbler]

24/7 Richard Quest for the next 60 days

 

[scoreboardII]

Man those guys can't catch a break.

 

[Capn Butthead]

Whatever happened God Speed to all. Very sad.

 

[waveflyer]

Whatever happened God Speed to all. Very sad.

God speed

 

[zasca]

It's what happens when a bunch of F-tards get their hands on heavy weapons and flight planning doesn't change their routings around war zones....

Godspeed

 

[Flash]

And cue the CNN 24 hour coverage from the 777 sim in 5,4,3,2,1

 

[zasca]

You mean the 777 FTD at a glorified arcade for kids and flightsim nerds ;-P

 

[Detroitpilot22]

Rip to the victims. Someone on twitter posted that it was flight 17 today is the 17th and the aircraft that was involved made it's first flight on 7/17/97 17 years ago today. Also twa 800 crashed 18 years ago today (if that was 17 that would be very strange) Pure coincidence and I'm sure nothing related. but weird and this is very tragic

 

[Freebrd]

24/7 Richard Quest for the next 60 days

Man I hear you! I just changed the ch to ESPN as he started up his ignorant opinions (facts he sometimes call them). He was tolerable when he was on CNBC I think it was, but no where near an aviation expert.

Wonder if the sim dude (Mr Tshirt) will be next?

 

[Av8rPHX]

You think CNN is bad? Watch any news channel in any major market and they generally interview some SEL private pilot from the local airfield and ask for their theory on said aviation incident

 

[cbrown1]

There is a video already up on liveleak.com with graphic footage of the crash site.

Here is a video of some intercepted calls between separatists and the Russian military.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyZYgSXdyw