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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Murray" data-source="post: 332889" data-attributes="member: 9753"><p>This is so sad....</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/airliner-shot-down-over-ukraine/story-e6frfkui-1226992878368" target="_blank">Malaysia plane 'shot down' over Ukraine | News.com.au</a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifBold'">A MALAYSIAN airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine, amid reports it was shot down.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">MALAYSIA Airlines said it had "lost contact" with flight MH17, which Ukrainian officials said came down near the town of Shaktarsk, in the Donetsk region.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">Regional officials said the number of dead was "not yet known," but Russian news agency Itar-Tass cited an unnamed source at Ukraine's aviation authority as saying there were no survivors.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">An AFP reporter at the scene said dozens of severely mutilated corpses could be seen strewn in the wreckage.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">Debris was spread out for kilometres and the tail of a passenger jet lay in a corn field with the Malaysian Airlines insignia on it, while insurgent fighters and several fire trucks were seen nearby the crash site.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the jet may have been shot down.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">"We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky," Poroshenko said in a statement.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">However, pro-Russian rebels fighting central Kiev authorities claimed the plane had been shot down by a Ukrainian jet.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">Still reeling from the disappearance of flight MH370 on March 8 with 239 on board, Malaysia Airlines announced on Twitter the loss of the Boeing 777, which was expected in the Malaysian capital at around 6am (8am AEST) on Friday.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed he was "shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed".</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">"We are launching an immediate investigation."</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">Ukraine's Poroshenko expressed his "deepest and sincerest sympathies for the families and loved ones of those killed" and vowed that "those behind this tragedy will be brought to justice".</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'LiberationSerifRegular'">The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama had discussed the shocking new development in crisis-torn Ukraine where fighting between pro-Russian separatists and the Western-backed government has claimed over 600 lives.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Murray, post: 332889, member: 9753"] This is so sad.... [url=http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/airliner-shot-down-over-ukraine/story-e6frfkui-1226992878368]Malaysia plane 'shot down' over Ukraine | News.com.au[/url] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular][FONT=inherit][FONT=LiberationSerifBold]A MALAYSIAN airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine, amid reports it was shot down.[/FONT][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]MALAYSIA Airlines said it had "lost contact" with flight MH17, which Ukrainian officials said came down near the town of Shaktarsk, in the Donetsk region.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]Regional officials said the number of dead was "not yet known," but Russian news agency Itar-Tass cited an unnamed source at Ukraine's aviation authority as saying there were no survivors.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]An AFP reporter at the scene said dozens of severely mutilated corpses could be seen strewn in the wreckage.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]Debris was spread out for kilometres and the tail of a passenger jet lay in a corn field with the Malaysian Airlines insignia on it, while insurgent fighters and several fire trucks were seen nearby the crash site.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the jet may have been shot down.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]"We do not exclude that the plane was shot down and confirm that the Ukraine Armed Forces did not fire at any targets in the sky," Poroshenko said in a statement.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]However, pro-Russian rebels fighting central Kiev authorities claimed the plane had been shot down by a Ukrainian jet.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]Still reeling from the disappearance of flight MH370 on March 8 with 239 on board, Malaysia Airlines announced on Twitter the loss of the Boeing 777, which was expected in the Malaysian capital at around 6am (8am AEST) on Friday.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on his Twitter feed he was "shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed".[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]"We are launching an immediate investigation."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]Ukraine's Poroshenko expressed his "deepest and sincerest sympathies for the families and loved ones of those killed" and vowed that "those behind this tragedy will be brought to justice".[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=LiberationSerifRegular]The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama had discussed the shocking new development in crisis-torn Ukraine where fighting between pro-Russian separatists and the Western-backed government has claimed over 600 lives.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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