Yesterday, July 17, 2014 Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crashed in rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine on Thursday, spurring rapid accusations of Ukrainian officials that "terrorists" shot down the plane.
The United States government has concluded a volley of missiles onto the plane, but not pointing out who is responsible, a senior official of the United States told CNN Barbara Starr.
Boeing 777 with 298 people on board fell from the sky near the town of Torez in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. A top Ukrainian official said the plane, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, flying about 10,000 meters (almost 33,000 feet) when the missile hit.
Nationalities ship MH17
154 Dutch
43 Malaysia (including 15 crew)
27 Australia
12 Indonesia
9 UK
4 Germany
4 Belgium
3 Filipino
1 Canada
41 Unverified
There is a radar system look-surface missile systems-the air to turn and track the aircraft just before it crashed, a senior United States official said. A second system to see heat signatures when hit by a plane, the official said. United States is analyzing the trajectory of the missile to try to learn where the attack originated, the official said.
The Obama administration believes Ukraine does not have the capability in the region - especially the motivation - to shoot down aircraft, one American official told CNN Jake Tapper.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the plane never made the emergency call.
He called for an international team to have full access to the crash site.
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"We must and we will find out exactly what happened on this flight. No stone will be unturned," he said.
"If it transpires that the plane was shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must be brought to justice quickly," said Najib.
Ukrainian officials stated that the pro-Russian separatists were behind the accident.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine military campaign against separatists are to blame.
"This tragedy will not happen, if there is peace in the land, or in any case, if the military operations in southeast Ukraine has not been updated," Putin said in televised remarks. "And without a doubt that happens territory governments taking responsibility for this terrifying tragedy."
Ukrainian state security chief accused the two officers of the Russian military intelligence involvement and said they should be punished.
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko he based his accusation on tapping a telephone conversation between the two officers. "Now you know who did this crime. We will do everything to Russian military who commit crimes should be punished," he told reporters.
Jet fell to the ground in a ball of fire, leaving behind a trail of black smoke in the sky.
Emergency crews rushed to the scene of what witnesses described as a shocking death and total destruction.
"People say, aircraft exploded in the air, and that everything in bits and pieces rained down, the plane itself, the people inside," said Noah Sneider, an American freelance journalist who interviewed witnesses at the scene.
Charred wreckage stretching kilometers, he said. Stunned and rescue workers combing the area rebel fighters, Sneider said, planting sticks with white cotton tape where they found a body in the field.
"When you walk through the fields, you see a man with his iPhone cracked sticking out of his pocket. Sort of clothing you see people everywhere. Much of its kind of ripped off by air. There are a couple of suitcases and belongings in a pile by the road , "Sneider said.
There are many bodies are left to be found by nightfall, he said, and people trying to figure out what to do next.
Residents in rural areas trying to help overwhelmed, he said. Firefighters rushed to extinguish the fire that they had found a hose with a hole in it, spraying water everywhere, he said.
"A man said to me, 'Nothing happens in this village for 30 years, and now this,'" said Sneider.
As details emerge analysis, accusations fly
Details - and accusations - quickly poured in on Thursday accident, which came the same week that Ukrainian officials said a Russian fighter shot down a Ukrainian military transport aircraft while the aircraft in the airspace of Ukraine.
Anton Gerashchenko, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser, said in a Facebook posting that the "terrorists" operate aircraft missile system firing surface-to-air Buk.
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The first image of debris Malaysia Airlines
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko described the accident as a "terrorist act."
"We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and make sure that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not fire on any target in the sky," said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, according to its website.
CNN's Richard Quest, an aviation expert, said that it would be "very unusual" for a plane at 33,000 feet to nearly shot down.
From the ground, one can only look up and say whether the aircraft is a commercial aircraft, he said. "So there is something really terrible happened here."
Vice President Joe Biden said that the President of Ukraine has received an offer from US experts to help investigate the crash.
"They will be on their way quickly to see if we can get to the bottom of this," he said.
Biden said the plane was apparently shot down, adding "not an accident, blown out of the sky."
Who's on the plane?
The 15-member crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that all citizens of Malaysia, officials said.
Malaysia Airlines also gives details of the nationalities of the known 283 passengers: 154 Dutch, 27, is a resident of Australia, 28, is a citizen of Malaysia, Indonesia 12 people, nine came from England, four from Germany; four people from Belgium, three from the Philippines and one Canadian. Authorities are still trying to determine the nationality of other passengers.
The International AIDS Society said in a statement that "a number of colleagues and friends" were on the plane, on his way to attend the 20th International Conference on AIDS in Melbourne, Australia.
"At this very sad and sensitive time IAS stand with our international family and send condolences to the loved ones of those who have been lost in this tragedy," the statement said.
Russia-Ukraine dispute
Malaysia on the plane, between Kuala Lumpur and the Netherlands, is a common one, CNN aviation safety consultant Mary Schiavo on Thursday. He said that the plane was flying over the troubled area and close communication with air traffic controllers would be a key requirement.
Torez is in rebel-controlled areas.
In hostile areas or dispute, "any change of your course, and you may have a problem," said Schiavo.
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Tensions have been high between Ukraine and Russia since street protests forced former pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych from power in February. Russia then annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine southeast, and the pro-Russian separatist insurgency has raged in the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops have struggled to quell separatist unrest. The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of letting weapons and military equipment, including tanks, to cross the border illegally into the hands of pro-Russian separatists.
The Pentagon said Wednesday that Russia now has 12,000 troops on the border with Ukraine, as well as some heavy weapons. The number of troops had fallen to about 1,000 previously estimated strength of 40,000 high earlier this year.
READ: Obama to impose new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
On Thursday, CNN reported that Ukrainian officials said a Russian fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian Wednesday as jets fly in the airspace of Ukraine.
High tension over the incident, apart from the news of the flight Malaysia Thursday.
Three months ago, the Federal Aviation Administration banned US US airlines fly in an area not far from where Flight 17 reportedly crashed Thursday. "Because of the potential conflict of air traffic control instructions from the government of Ukraine and Russia and to identify potential errors related to civil aircraft, USA flight operations are prohibited until further notice in the airspace over the Crimea, the Black Sea and Sea of Azov," the FAA said in April. Thursday plane crash reported in eastern Ukraine, dozens of miles north-northeast of the Sea of Azov.
On Thursday, France Frederic Cuvillier transportation officials ordered that France flight to avoid the airspace of Ukraine until the cause of the accident Thursday Malaysia Airlines is known, the French Ministry of Transportation said in a news release.
People check the wreckage considered Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine. This image was posted to Twitter.
People check the wreckage considered Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine. This image was posted to Twitter.
problem Airlines
Accident Thursday marked the second time this year that Malaysia Airlines has faced an incident involving a plane crash.
On March 8, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared. It was a Boeing 777 had 239 people in it. Searchers found no trace or 370 passengers, despite extensive search efforts.
Flight 370 may have flown into the southern Indian Ocean autopilot with the crew is unresponsive, the Australian authorities said last month.
During the initial phase of the Flight 370 search, aircraft and surface ships to explore the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean south but found no debris.
Ping was originally considered to be from the missing plane's flight recorder was causing underwater search concentrated that turned up nothing.
An underwater search of new, far to the south, will be broadly in areas where planes and ships have been searching for debris on the surface of the water. It is expected to begin in August.
The United States government has concluded a volley of missiles onto the plane, but not pointing out who is responsible, a senior official of the United States told CNN Barbara Starr.
Boeing 777 with 298 people on board fell from the sky near the town of Torez in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. A top Ukrainian official said the plane, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, flying about 10,000 meters (almost 33,000 feet) when the missile hit.
Nationalities ship MH17
154 Dutch
43 Malaysia (including 15 crew)
27 Australia
12 Indonesia
9 UK
4 Germany
4 Belgium
3 Filipino
1 Canada
41 Unverified
There is a radar system look-surface missile systems-the air to turn and track the aircraft just before it crashed, a senior United States official said. A second system to see heat signatures when hit by a plane, the official said. United States is analyzing the trajectory of the missile to try to learn where the attack originated, the official said.
The Obama administration believes Ukraine does not have the capability in the region - especially the motivation - to shoot down aircraft, one American official told CNN Jake Tapper.
What do we know about the accident MH17
Stewardess lost friends in MH17
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the plane never made the emergency call.
He called for an international team to have full access to the crash site.
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"We must and we will find out exactly what happened on this flight. No stone will be unturned," he said.
"If it transpires that the plane was shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must be brought to justice quickly," said Najib.
Ukrainian officials stated that the pro-Russian separatists were behind the accident.
Timeline before falling MH17
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine military campaign against separatists are to blame.
"This tragedy will not happen, if there is peace in the land, or in any case, if the military operations in southeast Ukraine has not been updated," Putin said in televised remarks. "And without a doubt that happens territory governments taking responsibility for this terrifying tragedy."
Ukrainian state security chief accused the two officers of the Russian military intelligence involvement and said they should be punished.
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko he based his accusation on tapping a telephone conversation between the two officers. "Now you know who did this crime. We will do everything to Russian military who commit crimes should be punished," he told reporters.
Jet fell to the ground in a ball of fire, leaving behind a trail of black smoke in the sky.
Emergency crews rushed to the scene of what witnesses described as a shocking death and total destruction.
"People say, aircraft exploded in the air, and that everything in bits and pieces rained down, the plane itself, the people inside," said Noah Sneider, an American freelance journalist who interviewed witnesses at the scene.
Charred wreckage stretching kilometers, he said. Stunned and rescue workers combing the area rebel fighters, Sneider said, planting sticks with white cotton tape where they found a body in the field.
"When you walk through the fields, you see a man with his iPhone cracked sticking out of his pocket. Sort of clothing you see people everywhere. Much of its kind of ripped off by air. There are a couple of suitcases and belongings in a pile by the road , "Sneider said.
There are many bodies are left to be found by nightfall, he said, and people trying to figure out what to do next.
Residents in rural areas trying to help overwhelmed, he said. Firefighters rushed to extinguish the fire that they had found a hose with a hole in it, spraying water everywhere, he said.
"A man said to me, 'Nothing happens in this village for 30 years, and now this,'" said Sneider.
As details emerge analysis, accusations fly
Details - and accusations - quickly poured in on Thursday accident, which came the same week that Ukrainian officials said a Russian fighter shot down a Ukrainian military transport aircraft while the aircraft in the airspace of Ukraine.
Anton Gerashchenko, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser, said in a Facebook posting that the "terrorists" operate aircraft missile system firing surface-to-air Buk.
Report: Malaysia plane crash in Ukraine
The first image of debris Malaysia Airlines
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko described the accident as a "terrorist act."
"We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and make sure that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not fire on any target in the sky," said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, according to its website.
CNN's Richard Quest, an aviation expert, said that it would be "very unusual" for a plane at 33,000 feet to nearly shot down.
From the ground, one can only look up and say whether the aircraft is a commercial aircraft, he said. "So there is something really terrible happened here."
Vice President Joe Biden said that the President of Ukraine has received an offer from US experts to help investigate the crash.
"They will be on their way quickly to see if we can get to the bottom of this," he said.
Biden said the plane was apparently shot down, adding "not an accident, blown out of the sky."
Who's on the plane?
The 15-member crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that all citizens of Malaysia, officials said.
Malaysia Airlines also gives details of the nationalities of the known 283 passengers: 154 Dutch, 27, is a resident of Australia, 28, is a citizen of Malaysia, Indonesia 12 people, nine came from England, four from Germany; four people from Belgium, three from the Philippines and one Canadian. Authorities are still trying to determine the nationality of other passengers.
The International AIDS Society said in a statement that "a number of colleagues and friends" were on the plane, on his way to attend the 20th International Conference on AIDS in Melbourne, Australia.
"At this very sad and sensitive time IAS stand with our international family and send condolences to the loved ones of those who have been lost in this tragedy," the statement said.
Russia-Ukraine dispute
Malaysia on the plane, between Kuala Lumpur and the Netherlands, is a common one, CNN aviation safety consultant Mary Schiavo on Thursday. He said that the plane was flying over the troubled area and close communication with air traffic controllers would be a key requirement.
Torez is in rebel-controlled areas.
In hostile areas or dispute, "any change of your course, and you may have a problem," said Schiavo.
Map: Approximate route MH17Map: Estimate the MH17
Tensions have been high between Ukraine and Russia since street protests forced former pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych from power in February. Russia then annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine southeast, and the pro-Russian separatist insurgency has raged in the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops have struggled to quell separatist unrest. The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of letting weapons and military equipment, including tanks, to cross the border illegally into the hands of pro-Russian separatists.
The Pentagon said Wednesday that Russia now has 12,000 troops on the border with Ukraine, as well as some heavy weapons. The number of troops had fallen to about 1,000 previously estimated strength of 40,000 high earlier this year.
READ: Obama to impose new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
On Thursday, CNN reported that Ukrainian officials said a Russian fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian Wednesday as jets fly in the airspace of Ukraine.
High tension over the incident, apart from the news of the flight Malaysia Thursday.
Three months ago, the Federal Aviation Administration banned US US airlines fly in an area not far from where Flight 17 reportedly crashed Thursday. "Because of the potential conflict of air traffic control instructions from the government of Ukraine and Russia and to identify potential errors related to civil aircraft, USA flight operations are prohibited until further notice in the airspace over the Crimea, the Black Sea and Sea of Azov," the FAA said in April. Thursday plane crash reported in eastern Ukraine, dozens of miles north-northeast of the Sea of Azov.
On Thursday, France Frederic Cuvillier transportation officials ordered that France flight to avoid the airspace of Ukraine until the cause of the accident Thursday Malaysia Airlines is known, the French Ministry of Transportation said in a news release.
People check the wreckage considered Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine. This image was posted to Twitter.
People check the wreckage considered Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine. This image was posted to Twitter.
problem Airlines
Accident Thursday marked the second time this year that Malaysia Airlines has faced an incident involving a plane crash.
On March 8, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared. It was a Boeing 777 had 239 people in it. Searchers found no trace or 370 passengers, despite extensive search efforts.
Flight 370 may have flown into the southern Indian Ocean autopilot with the crew is unresponsive, the Australian authorities said last month.
During the initial phase of the Flight 370 search, aircraft and surface ships to explore the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean south but found no debris.
Ping was originally considered to be from the missing plane's flight recorder was causing underwater search concentrated that turned up nothing.
An underwater search of new, far to the south, will be broadly in areas where planes and ships have been searching for debris on the surface of the water. It is expected to begin in August.
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