A Malaysia Airlines 777 carrying 295 passengers and crew has reportedly crashed in Ukraine.
URGENT: #Ukraine aviation agency confirms #MH17 Malasian plane crash in Ukraine http://t.co/4nYqODD8HX pic.twitter.com/xZPdNHVT8I
— RT (@RT_com) July 17, 2014
Plane debris of #MH17 is in the village of Grabovo, #Donetsk region controlled by separatists – Interfax citing source in police
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) July 17, 2014
At this time, Malaysia Airlines is only confirming that they have lost contact with the plane:
Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow.
— Malaysia Airlines (@MAS) July 17, 2014
More:
#Ukraine Ministry of interior spokesperson confirms death of all 280 passengers and 15 crew members of Malaysian airlines.
— Petr Shelomovskiy (@shelomovskiy) July 17, 2014
Malaysia Airlines flight #MH17 just before it disappeared over Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/xvDHsEQtkg
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) July 17, 2014
A Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 295 people on board has crashed in Ukraine – report http://t.co/EDUHLa0TYJ #MH17 pic.twitter.com/KpXJXVYNAJ
— Mashable (@mashable) July 17, 2014
There are unconfirmed reports that the 777 was shot down:
BREAKING: Malaysia Airlines flight reportedly shot down over Ukraine. More to come: http://t.co/JgBzgS6GNm
— FOX6 News (@fox6now) July 17, 2014
BREAKING: Adviser to Ukraine's Interior Minister says passenger plane carrying 295 shot down.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 17, 2014
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An official wrote on Facebook that the plane was flying at 33,000 feet when it was hit by a missile: http://t.co/wXXm3cWDAp
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 17, 2014
#Poroshenko doesn't exclude that Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down, makes it clear #Ukraine's Armed Forces have nothing to do with it
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) July 17, 2014
This is alleged to be video taken near the crash site:
The flight is alleged to have been MH17 Amsterdam – KL. Still completely unconfirmed. Video of alleged crash site: http://t.co/G85CyDxONx
— Sam Gad Jones (@samgadjones) July 17, 2014
There are also unconfirmed reports that “pro Russian separatists” downed the Malaysia Airlines jet thinking it was a Ukrainian cargo plane.
BBC Monitoring: just b4 reports of plane crash, claims by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine they had downed Ukrainian plane
— Ross Hawkins (@rosschawkins) July 17, 2014
The victims reportedly include 23 U.S. citizens:
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/489823366824857600
#BREAKING: Number of dead from crash of #MH17 more than 300, includes 23 U.S. citizen: Interior Ministry adviser, quoted by Interfax
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) July 17, 2014
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
Update:
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a surface-to-air missile was fired at the Malaysia Airlines plane:
BREAKING: U.S. intelligence confirms surface-to-air missile fired at Malaysian plane downed over Ukraine – @WSJbreakingnews
— Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) July 17, 2014
U.S. intelligence confirms surface-to-air missile fired at Malaysian jet but are divided over origin. http://t.co/ERuwcHcGLt
— WSJ Breaking News (@WSJbreakingnews) July 17, 2014
More via ABC News’ Jonathan Karl:
A US official tells @LMartinezABC US believes a single surface-to-air missile brought down the Malaysian Airlines jet.
— jonkarl (@jonkarl) July 17, 2014
The official tells ABC News the missile was not a shoulder-fired missile, but a larger complex surface to air missile system.
— jonkarl (@jonkarl) July 17, 2014
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