US government calls Russian report into Malaysia Airlines crash preposterous and bloggers say satellite photo is fakeRussian state television has released a satellite photograph that it claims shows that a Ukrainian fighter jet shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. But the US government dismissed the report as preposterous and online commentators called the photo a fake.All 298 people aboard the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur were killed when it was shot down on 17 July over a rebel-held area of Ukraine. Ukraine and the west have blamed the attack on Russian-backed rebels using a ground-to-air missile. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
