Restricted zone at the moment. Still so many questions to be answered. And theres going to be a lot of fingerpointing over the next several hours, days and even weeks as this investigation begins to intensify. Lets take a kind of a look back now at all we know. At the top of the hour, thank you very much for joining us, it is 3 00 here on the east coast of the United States. We are following breaking news this hour. Right now it is 10 00 p. M. In ukraine where earlier today the horrifying scene was captured on camera, the moment a Passenger Jet falls from the sky, exploding on impact. The tragedy without a doubt. But was it an accident . Right now it appears very likely this plane may have been intentionally shot down over Eastern Ukraine. We dont know for sure. Theres a lot we dont know. Heres what we know right now. This was Malaysian Airlines flight a boeing 777 traveling from Amsterdam To Kuala Lumpur in malaysian. On board, 295 people, 280 of them passengers. 15 of them crew membe
and there three, about four search and rescue teams and vehicles lined up around the road. but the way it is being done, it is not systematic by any means, they re basically just laying little white cotton ribbons to sticks and putting them in the ground where there is a body. and there are sort of rebels wandering the field. they re as stunned as anyone else. and i think the overwhelming mood here is that this is even darker perhaps in daylight. you can see everything. in the initial moments when you were witnessing what happened, take us back to that. sure, we heard the news. when we were in donetsk, it is about an hour and a half drive from here. there were a few sort of news flashes on the wires that a
bodies, mark the spots where bodies have fallen. there s four sort of search-and-rescue teams lined up along the road. but the way it s being done, is not systematic by any means. they re basically just laying little white cotton ribbons to sticks, and putting them in the ground, where there s a body. and there s sort of rebels wandering the fields. they re as stunned as anyone else at the overwhelming mood here, that this is even darker perhaps than daylight. you can see everything. you appear to be more matter of fact. at least the way your description of what s going on. and earlier when we heard from you, you appear to be devastated. i want to read something you earlier tweeted.
road. the way it seemed that night is not system matic by any means. they re basically tying little white cotton ribbons to sticks and putting them in the ground where there is a body. there are sort of rebels wandering the field they re as stunned as anyone else. i think the overwhelming mood here, will is even darker perhaps in daylight you can see everything. in the initial moments within you were witnessing what happened, take us back to that. reporter: sure, we heard the news when we were in donetsk, which is about an hour-and-a-half drive from here there were a few news flashes on the wires that a plane had been brought down, a civilian plane, potentially. so we drove out here and found a
there. noah snider is a free-lance journalist who spent most of the day thursday at the crash site talking to witnesses and giving their firsthand accounts of exactly what happened. he spoke with cnn s don lemon a little earlier. we have to warn you, some of what he has to say is very graphic. people are trying to identify bodies, mark the spots where bodies have fallen. there s three firemen and four sort of search-and-rescue team vehicles lined up along the road. but the way it s being done, is not systematic by any means. they re basically just laying little white cotton ribbons to sticks, and put eting them in t ground where there s a body. and there s sort of rebels wandering the fields. they re as stunned as anyone else at, i think, the overwhelm