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Malaysian Airliner with 295 people on board shot down by SAM missle

Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:27 am
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:27 am
Confirmed 23 Americans on board.
Will update as info comes in.

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quote:

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'





quote:

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


This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 1:15 pm
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:27 am to
quote:

no details
expecting a lot of this
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
54851 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:29 am to
It's so evident, there are no details.
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
81449 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:29 am to
Aw shite
Posted by CuseTiger
On the road
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:29 am to
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
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 10:33 am
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
51656 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:29 am to
chances this pilot had an in home flight simulator?
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
64627 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 am to
Holy shite. What the hell is going on?
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146903 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 am to
quote:

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

Posted by GEAUXT
Member since Nov 2007
29576 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:30 am to
i bet their CEO is about to fall on his sword, literally.
Posted by NorthEndZone
Member since Dec 2008
12008 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:31 am to
Flightaware - Spooky...

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(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
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 10:46 am
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
31954 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:32 am to
i hope no one is holding Malaysia Airlines stock right now.
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24028 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:34 am to
Oh geez.
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52215 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:35 am to
quote:

Evidently another Malaysian Airliner has crashed
Maybe it's the same one
Posted by Croacka
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2008
61447 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:35 am to
15 crew members?


that seems like a lot
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
Member since Apr 2011
13334 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:36 am to
Stock in Malaysian Airlines so hot right now
Posted by CaptainPanic
18.44311,-64.764021
Member since Sep 2011
25582 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:36 am to
This is likely just another ad campaign for the new Behind Enemy Lines movie
Posted by brucevilanch
Fort Worth, Tejas
Member since May 2011
24355 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:37 am to
Holy shite! MSNBC is reporting that it was shot down. What in the frick?
Posted by Vegas Eddie
The Quad
Member since Dec 2013
5997 posts
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:37 am to
Russki’s shoot it down
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:38 am to
damn
Posted by canyon
MM23
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:39 am to
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