Malaysian Airlines 777 Shot Down (?)

We should just rename this the "Malaysia Airlines 777 Crash Thread"

Report: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine - CNN.com

295 on board, crashed in ukraine near russia border, but it's not confirmed, but its making headlines so...

There are reports from Interfax that it was shot down. Obviously early info. But if so, holy shit.

Confirmed from Malaysian about the contact lost:Twitter / MAS: Malaysia Airlines has lost ...

Twitter_sl said:

Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow.

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EDIT: Reports now that it was a Russian BUK Missile that shot it down. Whoops.

EDIT: Video:Malaysia Airlines plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border - live - Telegraph

Figured it needs its own thread instead of the 370, as this is completely different after the possibility of shot down came in. Doesn't look good, reports are coming in that Russia BUK Missle shot it down, but like usual could be super early reaction from media.

I'll update this thread with details as I see them!

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Wow.. Final destination shit right thereTwitter / Lloyds_Casino: Unbelievable: passenger posted ...

http://vk.com/strelkov_info- "We warned you not to fly in our sky." - from rebel commander around time of shoot down, apparently they thought it was a Ukraine plane.

Google Translate_sl said:

17.07.2014 17:50 (MSK) Message from the militia. "In the area Torrez just downed plane An-26, lying somewhere in the mine" Progress ". Warned same - not to fly in "our sky." And here is the video the confirmation of the next "ptichkopada." Birdie fell for waste heap, the residential sector is not caught. Peaceful people do not suffer. And also have information about the second downed aircraft, like the Su. "

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17.10 REUTERS CORRESPONDENT ON THE SCENE IN EASTERN UKRAINE SEES BURNING WRECKAGE OF AIR PLANE, BODIES ON GROUND

Updated info from Telegraph every 90 seconds, including video:Malaysia Airlines plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border - live - Telegraph

Flight was MH17 from Amsterdam to KUL. Possibly shot down by Russian BUK Missile system.

Telegraph_sl said:

16.50 Reports suggest that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile called a BUK.

The BUK is a self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems in the Soviet era and designed to engage cruise missiles, smart bombs, aircraf and and unmanned aerial vehicles. Modern versions can reach up to 80,000 feet.

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Confirmed from Malaysian about the contact lost:Twitter / MAS: Malaysia Airlines has lost ...

Twitter_sl said:

Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow.

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Last position before it disappeared:

lendarios_sl said:

Shit. Malasyans airlines get no break.
I wonder if the UN and nato will do a ground invasion on ukraine. Shooting down international planes is pretty bad. It could have been an US airline plane easily.

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Sadly, I'm sure Merlin is right, it will be strong sanctions.

As OP was updated, if you go here:http://vk.com/strelkov_infoyou can see the update from 7/17 17:50 claiming shootdown and showing two videos -- the same videos that are apparently the crash site of this plane.

I don't know Russian, but google translate seems to make it clear enough that they downed an An-26 and warned them not to fly in "our sky". They confirmed it with the videos, which are apparently the MH17 crash videos.

Also.