Malaysian Airplane shot down on the Russia/Ukraine border today
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They appeared to have mistaken the plane for a military aircraft. They have claimed responsibility for shooting down two aircraft today but they seemed to have made a huge mistake.
Flight from Netherlands TO Malaysia.
How do they know this?
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This couldn't come a worse time after those sanctions 
Idk but I'm totally with you breh, I think this was aliens who used there time traveling capabilites to bring the previously disappeared plane back and make it look like Russia shot it down to start a war with Russia so we can get there oil to build more fema camps
plausible
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Separatists have taken down at least two larger Antonovs this month, probably could have misidentified it.
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The Dutch and the Eu aren't going to be very happy with this to state the obvious.
Still wondering why the hell would any airline fly into contested air space that had shot down air force planes recently. Has any other international flights gone through there?
Still wondering why the hell would any airline fly into contested air space that had shot down air force planes recently. Has any other international flights gone through there?
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What We Know So Far About the Passenger Jet Allegedly Shot Down in Ukraine
- BY ELIAS GROLL , REID STANDISH
- JULY 17, 2014 - 12:44 PM
- RUSSIA
- UKRAINE
- EASTERN EUROPE
Prior to the Malaysian Airlines jet's shoot down, pro-Russian separatist leader Igor Strelkov posted on the Russian social networking site,VKontakte, claiming responsibility for shooting down a Ukrainian AN-26 transport plane. However, after news emerged of the downed Malaysian Airlines plane, Strelkov's page appears to have been scrubbed of the post.
Strelkov's page claimed responsibility for taking down a Ukrainian jet and posted and accompanying video that shows smoke rising from what is now believed to be the crash site of the passenger jet. Below is a screengrab of Strelkov's VKonkakte page that includes the post claiming responsibility for the downed transport plane. That post now appears to have been removed.
After reports emerged that a passenger jet had been shot down, Strelkov said that his forces were not responsible and that they lacked the capability to shoot down a plane flying at that altitude. The plane was reportedly flying at an altitude of about 33,000 feet.
Meanwhile, additional images are emerging of the crash site, including the horrifying image below that was carried by Russian television:
Update: 12:45 p.m.
Reports are emerging from eastern Ukraine that Russian forces may have shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet near the Ukrainian-Russian border. Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that they have lost contact with the jet, a Boeing 777 that was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 295 people on board.
According to a report carried by the Interfax news service, citing unnamed sources in the aviation industry, the plane was shot down.
Writing on his Facebook page, Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, blamed Russian forces for downing the jet, saying that "there is no limit of cynicism for Putin and his terrorists." He offered no direct evidence that Moscow was responsible. Gerashenko added that the plane was shot down by a Buk launcher. The Associated Press reports that rebels in Ukraine have such a system.
Public flight trackers show the flight disappearing just outside Donetsk, near the Ukrainian border with Russia, which has been the scene of intense fighting in recent weeks between Ukrainian armed forces and pro-Russian separatists.
U.S. officials said they were tracking reports of the crash but had no indications whether it was or wasn't shot down. A White House spokesperson said that President Barack Obama "is aware" of the crash. Officials continue to monitor events.
Separatists in eastern Ukraine denied responsibility for shooting down the jet, saying they lacked the equipment to shoot down an airliner at the altitude a commercial passenger jet flies. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Ukrainian forces in the area did not fire any anti-aircraft missiles in the area.
Videos circulating on social media purport to show flames rising from the crash site outside Donetsk. In the video below, villagers celebrate as smoke rises on the horizon. "It burns beautifully," one man says, in all likelihood believing that it is a Ukrainian military plane that has been shot down.
Unconfirmed photographs circulating on Twitter show debris scattered near Donetsk that appear to comes from a Malaysian Airlines jet:
Reports of the airliner's downing comes on the heels of news this week that Russian forces allegedly downed a pair of Ukrainian military planes. On Thursday, the Ukrainian Security Council said that a fighter jet had been shot down by a Russian air-to-air missile. On Monday, Ukraine said a transport plane was downed by a Russian missile. In addition to reports of Russian forces firing on Ukrainian planes, reports have emerged this week showing Russian forces launching rocket strikes on Ukraine across their shared border.
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I'm asking you a valid question breh
Why did you have to add that extra shyt
The region is contested but populated. People have cellphones and social media, and groups of them arrived at the site.
