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    ‘Blown Out of the Sky’: Malaysia Jet Shot Down by Missile
    Jul18

    ‘Blown Out of the Sky’: Malaysia Jet Shot Down by Missile

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: NBC (USA)

    A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday, according to reports. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine: 295 on Malaysia plane shot down
    Jul18

    Ukraine: 295 on Malaysia plane shot down

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    The Ukrainian government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility Thursday for downing the Malaysia Airlines aircraft carrying 295 people. (July 17) …read more Source: USA...

    6 Times That Airliners Were Shot Down
    Jul18

    6 Times That Airliners Were Shot Down

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Ukrainian officials have blamed separatist rebels for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, possibly mistaking it for a Ukrainian aircraft. The separatists have denied the allegations—and in turn suggested Ukraine was responsible. MoreBlame Game Unfolds After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 CrashRebels Control the Crash Site Of Downed...

    Buk missile suspected in Malaysia plane disaster
    Jul18

    Buk missile suspected in Malaysia plane disaster

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    A launcher similar to the Buk system was seen earlier in the day by Associated Press journalists in a rebel-held section of eastern Ukraine — lending credence to concerns that the rebels have more powerful weaponry than had been believed. Defense experts believe Ukrainian government forces may have abandoned Buk systems when retreating from...

    What is known about plane crash in Ukraine
    Jul18

    What is known about plane crash in Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    Here’s what is known, and what has been claimed, about Thursday’s crash of a Malaysian jetliner carrying 295 people in eastern Ukraine: …read more Source: Miami...

    Cor Pan: Facebook Post From Dutch Man and Malaysia Airlines MH17 Passenger Shows Plane
    Jul17

    Cor Pan: Facebook Post From Dutch Man and Malaysia Airlines MH17 Passenger Shows Plane

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:44 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    A Facebook post from Cor Pan, a Netherlands resident, appears to show Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 before it took off from Amsterdam on July 17. He posted the image from the Schipol airport just moments before the plane took off. “If it disappears, this is what it looks like,” he said. It appears that Pan and his girlfriend Neeltji...

    US INTELLIGENCE: Surface-To-Air Missile Was Fired At Malaysian Plane In Ukraine
    Jul17

    US INTELLIGENCE: Surface-To-Air Missile Was Fired At Malaysian Plane In Ukraine

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:44 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    U.S. intelligence believes a surface-to-air missile was fired at a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people when it was shot down near the Ukrainian border, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. But the intelligence has not confirmed the origin of the missile, according to the report, and it is...

    Rebels Control the Crash Site Of Downed Malaysia Plane
    Jul17

    Rebels Control the Crash Site Of Downed Malaysia Plane

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:44 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    The Malaysian Airlines flight apparently shot down on Thursday over eastern Ukraine crashed in a kind of no man’s land. The central government withdrew from that patch of territory months ago, leaving it to the bands of separatist fighters who now represent the only figures of authority around the crash site. One of their first orders of...

    295 killed after Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine
    Jul17

    295 killed after Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:44 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    A Ukrainian official claims the plane was hit by a missile …read more Source: USA...

    What is known about plane crash in Ukraine
    Jul17

    What is known about plane crash in Ukraine

    Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 23:44 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Though Ukrainian military aircraft have been shot down over eastern Ukraine by rebels, and the area has been the scene of fierce fighting, the route taken by the Malaysian jet appears to have been subject to no flight restrictions, the International Air Transport Association, an industry group, said. Eurocontrol, a European air safety...