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07-17-2014, 11:48 AM
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Malaysian airliner with 295 on board shot down
Reports of a terrible disaster.
Shot down over Ukraine.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1
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07-17-2014, 11:51 AM
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I don't see any confirmed or unconfirmed reports of it being shot down...
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07-17-2014, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
I don't see any confirmed or unconfirmed reports of it being shot down...
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You're right....not yet confirmed
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Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying the plane had been hit by a missile at an altitude of 10,000m (33,000ft).
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07-17-2014, 12:08 PM
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Malaysia Airlines
If it wasn't for bad luck...
These guys won't be able to fill seats on a Cessna.
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07-17-2014, 12:08 PM
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It's really early. As we've seen, with Malaysian Airlines anything is possible.
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07-17-2014, 12:32 PM
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from another forum that can't be linked:
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.
The adviser said the 280 passengers and 15 crew members who were on the plane are all believed to have died.
A spokesman for Malaysian Airlines, still reeling from the loss of flight MH370 in March, confirmed it had lost contact with flight MH17, which departed from Amsterdam at 12.14pm local time.
The flight disappeared from radar as it flew over Ukrainian airspace, the spokesman said.
Sky's Katie Stallard, in Moscow, said media reports suggest the plane came down in the Donetsk region, where there has been recent heavy fighting amid continuing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Data from Flightradar24 suggests the plane had just passed the city of Kremenchuk when it disappeared.
Several videos apparently filmed in the area, none of which Sky News has been able to independently verify, show plumes of thick, black smoke rising high into the air.
An aviation source told the Reuters news agency the wreckage of a burning aircraft had been found on the ground.
A spokesman for Boeing said it was aware of reports of MH17's disappearance, while a Foreign Office official added: "We're urgently working to establish what has happened."
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07-17-2014, 12:36 PM
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Curious timing.
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07-17-2014, 12:57 PM
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The flight disappeared from radar as it flew over Ukrainian airspace, the spokesman said.
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Hmmm, has a familiar ring to it.
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07-17-2014, 12:59 PM
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Horrible tragedy.
See what the EU decides to do now.
I guess it will depend on who takes credit for it.
Last edited by elysiantraveller; 07-17-2014 at 01:01 PM.
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07-17-2014, 01:14 PM
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Putin on the hits.
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07-17-2014, 02:57 PM
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One report has it that 23 Americans were on board.
What's strange is the FAA issued a warning back in April to avoid this airspace. American airlines took the warning seriously and adjusted their routes, few others apparently followed. I suppose they had to wait to see who got hit first to take notice.
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07-17-2014, 03:15 PM
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There is a report that a web site run by pro-Russian rebels claimed to have shot down a Ukraine army transport at about that time and area. Apparently the rebels did shoot down a transport some time back.
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A social media site attributed to a top Ukrainian rebel commander said the insurgents had shot down an army transporter at the location where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed Thursday near the Russian border.
"We just downed an An-26 near Torez. It is down near the Progress mine," said the VK page attributed to Igor Strelkov, which is frequently quoted by Ukrainian media.
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07-17-2014, 04:49 PM
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An early lead in to the 5 o'clock news has verified the downing of a commercial airliner.
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07-17-2014, 07:18 PM
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Murder?
If there were 23 Americans on that plane, as is being reported, Obama is ****ed. He has no answer.
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07-17-2014, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by JustRalph
If there were 23 Americans on that plane, as is being reported, Obama is ****ed. He has no answer.
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Do you mean he is p***ed, or f***ed?
...or f***ing p***ed ?
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