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Very little information right now but we know it was a Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/europe/ukraine-malaysia-airlines-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
AP: Passenger plane shot down over Ukraine
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/ap-passenger-plane-shot-ukraine/
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/europe/ukraine-malaysia-airlines-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
(CNN) -- A Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agency Interfax reported Thursday.
Malaysia Airlines confirmed that it lost contact with MH17, and the flight's last known position was over Ukrainian airspace, the airline said on Twitter.
The jet is a Boeing 777, according to Interfax.
The plane reportedly went down near the border between Russia and Ukraine.
AP: Passenger plane shot down over Ukraine
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/ap-passenger-plane-shot-ukraine/
The Associated Press is reporting that an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister says a Malaysian passenger plane carrying 295 people has been shot down over a town in the east of the country.
The wire service reports the adviser Anton Geraschenko posted the information on his Facebook page. It said that the plane was hit Thursday by a missile fired from a Buk launcher.
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