Malaysian Plane 'Shot Down With 295 On Board'
A Boeing 777 travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur reportedly comes down in Ukraine, close to the Russian border.
A passenger plane with 295 people on board has been shot down as it flew above eastern Ukraine, according to aviation sources.
The Malaysia Airlines plane, which was 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.
The 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, still reeling from the loss of flight MH370 in March, confirmed it had lost contact with flight MH17, which departed from Amsterdam at 12.14pm local time.
The flight disappeared from radar as it flew over Ukrainian airspace, the spokesman 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.
Data from Flightradar24 suggests the plane had just passed the city of Kremenchuk when it disappeared.
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.
Aviation expert Major Charles Hayman told Sky News: "It's highly likely this aircraft was flying along a fault line between Russian and Ukrainian defences.
"It’s possible the Ukrainians flapped a bit, thought it was hostile and shot it down.
"Perhaps it was confusion at the Ukrainian air defence centre.
"It looks like someone failed to recognise this was a civilian plane and shot it down."
A spokesman for Boeing said it was aware of reports of MH17's disappearance, while a Foreign Office official added: "We're urgently working to establish what has happened."
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Sementara itu, dalam Twitter Malaysia Airlines (MAS), melaporkan pihaknya terputus hubungan dengan pesawat MH17 dari Amsterdam.
Bencana MH17
KIEV: Pegawai Kementerian Kecemasan berkata, terdapat beberapa bahagian anggota badan yang sudah berkecai berada di sekitar sehingga 15 kilometer dari lokasi nahas pesawat berkenaan terhempas.
Beliau yang berada di lokasi kejadian berkata, sekurang-kurangnya 100 mayat ditemui bergelimpangan di lokasi berkenaan.
Sementara itu, Presiden Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko berkata, Angkatan Tentera negara itu tidak terbabit dengan laporan yang mengatakan pesawat Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH17 yang dalam perjalanan dari Amsterdam ke Kuala Lumpur itu ditembak jatuh.
"Pihak angkatan tentera tidak melepaskan sebarang tembakan terhadap mana-mana sasaran di udara," katanya dalam sidang media, sebentar tadi.
Bagaimanapun, beliau tidak menolak kemungkinan pesawat yang membawa 295 penumpang itu ditembak jatuh.
"Kami yakin mereka yang bersalah dalam tragedi ini akan bertanggungjawab terhadap perkara yang mereka telah lakukan," katanya.
Terdahulu, media melaporkan pesawat penumpang Boeing itu terhempas di Ukraine dekat sempadan Russia, malam ini.
Sementara itu, dalam Twitter Malaysia Airlines (MAS), melaporkan pihaknya terputus hubungan dengan pesawat MH17 dari Amsterdam.
Kedudukan terakhir pesawat ialah di ruang udara Ukraine.- Sky News
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Sebuah pesawat MAS dengan 295 penumpang terhempas di Ukranie berhampiran sempadan Rusia.. Pesawat dalam perjalanan dari Amsterdam ke Kuala Lumpur...
Maklumat terkini masih belum diperolehi.. doakan keselamatan semua penumpang dan anak kapal...
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