Buk Rocket
Posted on 07/17/2014 8:55:30 AM PDT by Hojczyk
A Malaysian passenger plane with 295 people on board has been shot down as it flew above eastern Ukraine, according to aviation sources.
The plane, which is believed to have been flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was travelling at an altitude of 10km (6.2 miles) when it was shot down, Russia's Interfax reported.
The Boeing 777 was brought down by a Buk ground-to-air missile, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry quoted by the news agency said.
he adviser said the 280 passengers and 15 crew members who were on the plane are all believed to have died.
A spokesman for Malaysian Airlines confirmed it had lost contact with flight MH17, which departed from Amsterdam at 12.14am local time.
The flight disappeared from radar as it flew over Ukrainian airspace, he said.
Sky's Katie Stallard, in Moscow, said media reports suggest the plane came down in the Donetsk region, where there has been recent heavy fighting amid continuing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Several videos apparently filmed in the area, none of which Sky News has been able to independently verify, show plumes of thick, black smoke rising high into the air.
An aviation source told the Reuters news agency the wreckage of a burning aircraft had been found on the ground.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of reports and are urgently working to establish what has happened."
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Someone look at the numbers! How many 7s? Any significance ?
Which group uses numbers and numerology?
The trigger-happy Russians or the trigger-happy Ukranians.
I hear that. If I can’t drive there, I ain’t going.
Maybe it was Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Would not surprise me if it was by the Russians, ever since that school kids masssacre about almost a decade ago, they have no patience for the Muslims.
It was over Ukraine air space when lost signal.
I don’t think anybody is eager to take credit for this one.
Buk Rocket
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early reports indicate Ukraine did, by mistake….not knowing it was civilian. Of course, this could change a hundred times….
Heard it was that type of rocket.
I’m sure that it was just a short in the center wing tank that caused an explosion.
In October, 2001, Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashed in the Black Sea amid reports that it was accidentally shot down by the Ukrainian military.
My sympathy in the present unpleasantness over there is with Ukraine. I don’t suggest that the downing of the Malaysia flight is a result of Ukrainian military action, but I wonder how long it will take the MSM to mention Flight 1812, a crash which I do think is relevant to today’s crash. My confidence in the competency of the MSM is such that I expect that it will not mention it.
Day may come they own CNN and Time and HBO too!
The Ukraininans haven’t shot down any aircraft while losing several to the invaders’ actions and possibly Russian actions.
Someone out there is trigger happy. The worse is that they’re trying to create an international incident that will justify further Russian meddling.
Both despising Muslims, because of the infamous Checyineans.
the only good muslim is a dead one!
FOX Jennifer G reporting that BUK has been reported by AP reporters in last 24 hrs
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