Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 20:17
A Malaysian airplane(MH17) flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur at an altitude of 6.2miles was shot down in Ukraine, at the border with Russia. The Boeing 777 was shot down by a BUK ground to air missile.
At the time of the crash, 280 passengers and 15 crew members were on board. The armed forces of Ukraine denied reports that it was involved in the air mishap.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk ordered a full investigation into what he called "catastrophe", while the Prime minister in Malaysia, Najib Razak said:
I'm shocked by reports that a Malaysia Airlines plane has crashed.
Confirming the incident, Boeing Airplanes tweeted :
Also another tweet from Malaysia airlines:
