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A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, Interfax cited an aviation industry source as saying on Thursday. It said the Boeing plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Reuters could not immediately confirm the Interfax report.

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Reporting agencies are saying it was shot sown by a BUK Surface to air misslie at 33,000'

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Eastern Ukraine separatist leader says Malaysian airliner shot down by Ukrainian government forces, Kiev denies involvement

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Posted by mylsuhat

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Member since Mar 2008

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:27 am to meauxjeaux2

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no details

expecting a lot of this

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Posted by LSUfan4444

Member since Mar 2004

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:29 am to meauxjeaux2

It's so evident, there are no details.

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Posted by Bama and Beer

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:29 am to meauxjeaux2

Aw shite

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Posted by CuseTiger

On the road

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:29 am to meauxjeaux2

quote:
It said the Boeing plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur

Wonder what airline this is.

ETA: Apparently Malaysian Airlines. Let the conspiracy theories begin

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Posted by LaBR4

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:29 am to meauxjeaux2

chances this pilot had an in home flight simulator?

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Posted by GRTiger

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 am to meauxjeaux2

Holy shite. What the hell is going on?

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Posted by tgrbaitn08

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 am to meauxjeaux2

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the source said, adding that 280 passengers and 15 crew members were onboard.

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Posted by oleyeller

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 am to mylsuhat

found it at least

terrible news though, not trying to make jokes of it. That is alot of lives and families to be affected

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Posted by GEAUXT

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 am to meauxjeaux2

i bet their CEO is about to fall on his sword, literally.

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Posted by tgrbaitn08

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 am to tgrbaitn08

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A Boeing 777 Malaysian airlines crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border,

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Posted by NorthEndZone

Member since Dec 2008

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:31 am to meauxjeaux2

Flightaware - Spooky...

LINK

(some info - sorry for format of copy)

Malaysia Airlines 17 (Track inbound flight)

MAS17 · "Malaysian" (all flights) (website)

Amsterdam Schiphol (EHAM / AMS)

Kuala Lumpur Int'l (WMKK / KUL)

Terminal M

12:30PM CEST

05:59AM MYT (+1)

Scheduled:

12:00PM CEST

7-day average:

12:11PM CEST

Scheduled:

05:50AM MYT (+1)

7-day average:

05:19AM MYT (+1)

Other flights between these airports

5 hr 9 min

6 hr 19 min

Duration: 11 hours 28 minutes

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Status

En Route / On Time (2,735 sm down; 3,634 sm to go)

Aircraft

Boeing 777-200 (twin-jet) (B772 – photos)

Speed

488 kts (planned: 468 kts) (graph)

Altitude

33,000 feet (graph)

Distance

Direct: 6,368 sm Planned: 6,368 sm

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Posted by Geauxld Finger

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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:32 am to meauxjeaux2

i hope no one is holding Malaysia Airlines stock right now.

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