Shot - Down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH۱۷ Crashes
TIN news: 2014's second Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash happened on 17 July 2014 in the east of Ukraine, near the Russian border. Bound for Kuala Lumpur, Flight MH17 had left Amsterdam at 1015hrs yesterday morning and was overflying violence-heavy Ukraine when air traffic control personnel noticed it no longer showed on radar screens.
Some 298 people - crew and passengers - are now presumed dead, their fate currently unknown and it seems the aircraft might have been shot-down.
The Boeing 777-200ER was exactly the same type of airliner lost four months ago on a flight between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. Still, no evidence has surfaced to suggest exactly where the infamous Flight MH370 came down.
Flight MH17 Shoot-Down
The latest Malaysian 777 loss involved an aircraft built in 1997, authorities have said. Its maintenance record was solid and it had last been checked one week ago, they added, while the Prime Minister of Malaysia has stressed that no distress call was made from the Boeing pre-crash.
Exactly what caused this brand new Malaysian Airlines crash isn't entirely known. The two parties engaged in Ukraine's civil unrest both point the finger of blame at each other, confirm Flight MH17 was shot down and suggest a surface-to-air missile was involved. At least one official believes the missile was launched from a Russian-origin Buk surface-to-air missile system, designated SA-11 Gadfly in military service. Equipped with four Mach 3-capable missiles, this launcher has a maximum vertical range of 22,000 metres.
Of the passengers on board, some 150 were from The Netherlands, 43 more from Malaysia, 27 from Australia and nine from the UK. A full passenger list will be published by Malaysia Airlines once notifications have gone out to all relevant family members, the carrier said.
Malaysia Airlines Crash
Barack Obama, the US President, has referred to the new Malaysia Airlines crash as a "terrible tragedy", adding: "Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families of the passengers, wherever they may call home." Via Joe Biden, the US Vice President, an crash investigation help offer has now been passed to Ukraine from the United States.
One line of thought currently being pursued is why a commercial airliner was overflying an area where conflict levels remain high. This and other topics will surely be explored in coming weeks and months as the world tries to understand how, within the space of six months, one airline could have lost two aircraft in different but highly unusual circumstances.
Some 298 people - crew and passengers - are now presumed dead, their fate currently unknown and it seems the aircraft might have been shot-down.
The Boeing 777-200ER was exactly the same type of airliner lost four months ago on a flight between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. Still, no evidence has surfaced to suggest exactly where the infamous Flight MH370 came down.
Flight MH17 Shoot-Down
The latest Malaysian 777 loss involved an aircraft built in 1997, authorities have said. Its maintenance record was solid and it had last been checked one week ago, they added, while the Prime Minister of Malaysia has stressed that no distress call was made from the Boeing pre-crash.
Exactly what caused this brand new Malaysian Airlines crash isn't entirely known. The two parties engaged in Ukraine's civil unrest both point the finger of blame at each other, confirm Flight MH17 was shot down and suggest a surface-to-air missile was involved. At least one official believes the missile was launched from a Russian-origin Buk surface-to-air missile system, designated SA-11 Gadfly in military service. Equipped with four Mach 3-capable missiles, this launcher has a maximum vertical range of 22,000 metres.
Of the passengers on board, some 150 were from The Netherlands, 43 more from Malaysia, 27 from Australia and nine from the UK. A full passenger list will be published by Malaysia Airlines once notifications have gone out to all relevant family members, the carrier said.
Malaysia Airlines Crash
Barack Obama, the US President, has referred to the new Malaysia Airlines crash as a "terrible tragedy", adding: "Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families of the passengers, wherever they may call home." Via Joe Biden, the US Vice President, an crash investigation help offer has now been passed to Ukraine from the United States.
One line of thought currently being pursued is why a commercial airliner was overflying an area where conflict levels remain high. This and other topics will surely be explored in coming weeks and months as the world tries to understand how, within the space of six months, one airline could have lost two aircraft in different but highly unusual circumstances.