To added more misery for Malaysian Airlines, in the evening of July 17th, 2014, the world had learned that MH17 had been crashed down in Ukraine eastern border area. The plane flight route was from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
Key infos:
- Plane flight at 33,000 ft altitude, just above the suggested restricted no flight zone of 0 ft to 30,000 ft.
- The location of crash is near the village of Grabovo.
- Total 283 passengers. Latest passengers manifesto :
Malaysia Airlines senior vice president Huib Gorter said there were at least 154 Dutch, 27 Australians, 23 Malaysians, 11 Indonesians, six Britons, four Germans, four Belgians, three Phillippinos and one Canadian aboard the Boeing 777 jet.
There were a further 47 passengers whose nationality was not yet known. All the 15 flight crew were Malaysian.
- Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak official press :
Yesterday evening, I was informed of the terrible and deeply shocking news that a Malaysia Airlines jet went down in eastern Ukraine.
Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that the jet was Malaysia Airlines flight 17, which was on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
The flight departed Amsterdam at 12.15pm, local time. It was scheduled to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 6.10 am, local, Malaysian time.
The aircraft was a Boeing 777-200.
The aircraft’s flight route was declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
And International Air Transportation Association has stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions. ---- more at
Official Malaysian Airlines Website
- Australia Prime Minister:
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said it would be an "unspeakable crime" if the aircraft was proven to have been shot down.
"If it does turn out that this aircraft was brought down by a surface-to-air missile, there is no doubt this would be - under those circumstances - an unspeakable crime and the perpetrators should swiftly be brought to justice," he said.
- Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko
On Twitter, Mr Poroshenko described the incident as an attack by terrorists.
"This is not an incident or catastrophe, it is a terrorist attack.
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," Mr Poroshenko said in a statement posted on the president's website.
- Russian President Putin, via spokesperson
The president of Russia asked the prime minister of Malaysia to convey his deepest sympathy and support to the victims' families.
- US President Barrack Obama
The world is watching reports of a downed passenger jet near the Russia/Ukraine border, and it looks like it may be a terrible tragedy.
I have directed my national security team to stay in close contact with the Ukrainian government. The United States will offer any assistance we can to help determine what happened and why.
And as a country, our thoughts and prayers are with all the families of the passengers, wherever they call home.
- Boeing
Our thoughts and prayers are with those on board the Malaysia Airlines airplane lost over Ukrainian airspace, as well as their families and loved ones.
Boeing stands ready to provide whatever assistance is requested by authorities.
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- Most known and important info regarding who bringing down the plane come from this:
