MH-17 shot down by missile in Ukraine

We are reaching end of the world- that is for sure. Three hundred people snuffed out, just like that. And yes, lightning does strike twice, never forget that.
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09:42 PM Ukrainian
Prime Minister Areseny Yatseniuk ordered an investigation into the
“airplane catastrophe” in eastern Ukraine, his spokeswoman Olga Lappo
said

09:41 PM Interfax-Ukraine
quoted another Ukrainian official as saying the plane disappeared from
radar when it was flying at 10,000 metres (33,000 feet), a typical
cruising altitude for airliners

09:40 PM US President Obama informed about the incident

09:40 PM Ukrainian officials said local residents had found a wreckage

09:26 PM Malaysia
Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known
position was over Ukrainian airspace: Malaysian Airlines

09:26 PM Malaysian plane was brought down by a buk ground-to-air missile – interior ministry adviser, quoted by Interfax

09:26 PM Ukrainian interior ministry adviser says 280 passengers, 15 crew dead in Malaysian airliner crash: Interfax news agency

09:25 PM A
Malaysian passenger airliner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
with 295 people on board crashes in Ukraine near the Russian border.
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Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/malaysian-plane-with-295-on-board-crashes-in-ukraine/liveblog/38560609.cms

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