They found debris covering the crowd. They had to be careful because of the fighting in the area. The boeing 777 took off from amsterdam headed for kual kuala lumpar. Most of the 280 passengers were dutch. Flight 217 left shortly after noontime on thursday. Officials say they lost contact four hours later. The lastknown position was over eastern ukraine, about 50 kilometers from the eastern border. Officials at Malaysia Airlines are dealing with their second major disaster this year. Another flight disappeared. This time, Airline Officials will have to manage under different circumst reporter broken pieces of the wings are skaterred around the vast field. The red and blue malaiysia insignia and dozens of bodies littered the ground. Some debris is still in plains. This is the scene of a sudden catastrophe. An emergency worker at the site found countless corpses and the debris was spread over 15 kilometers. The cash occurred near theville annual about 15 kilometers near the russian count
To the area. They found debris covering the crowd. They had to be careful because of the fighting in the area. The boeing 777 took off from amsterdam headed for kual kuala lumpar. Most of the 280 passengers were dutch. Flight 217 left shortly after noontime on thursday. Officials say they lost contact four hours later. The lastknown position was over eastern ukraine, about 50 kilometers from the eastern border. Officials at Malaysia Airlines are dealing with their second major disaster this year. Another flight disappeared. This time, Airline Officials will have to manage under different circumst reporter broken pieces of the wings are skaterred around the vast field. The red and blue malaiysia insignia and dozens of bodies littered the ground. Some debris is still in plains. This is the scene of a sudden catastrophe. An emergency worker at the site found countless corpses and the debris was spread over 15 kilometers. The cash occurred near theville annual about 15 kilometers near the
Bob orr is in washington with the latest on this. Bob . Reporter scott, as you say, u. S. Officials now strongly suspect the jetliner was brought down by some kind of surfacetoair missile but so far they tell us its not clear who fired it or more importantly whether the passenger jet was being deliberately targeted. Some of the answers will ultimately come through intelligence but some will have to come through wreckage in the planes black boxes. The trail of debris clearly shows the jet began breaking up in midair. Wreckage and bodies are spread over several miles along the flight path and that would be consistent with the plane being ripped apart by aerodynamic forces after the aircraft was penetrated by some kind of high explosive projectile like a missile. Large sections of the jet have been recovered now away from the primary crash site. At the impact crater itself, the wreckage is more pulverized and charred, suggesting the plane hit the ground at a high rate of speed and engulfe
Missiles towards the sea of japan. Ukrainian authorities and prorussian separatists blame each other for Malaysia Airlines plane crash. Flight mh17 went down in Eastern Ukraine with 298 on board. Kiev says the plane was hit with a surfacetoair missile launched by prorussian separatists, but the separatists say it was ukraines fault. Nhk worlds koran rotanga reports. Reporter Associated Press released video believed to have been shot near the crash site, an explosion, then a plume of black smoke. Debris is scattered over a large area. Searchandrescue crews are now combing through the crash site. Malaysia Airlines Officials say the boeing 777 was carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew members. Flight mh17 left amsterdam shortly after noon local time on thursday headed for kuala lumpur. The crash occurred in the eastern ukrainian region of donetsk, near the russian border. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko says prorussian separatists are responsible for bringing the plane down. Translator
There are no survivors bob orr is in washington with the latest on this. Bob . Reporter scott, as you say, u. S. Officials strongly suspect the jetliner was brought down by some kind of surfacetoair missile but so far they tell us its not clear who fired it or more importantly whether the passenger jet was deliberately targeted. Some of the answer come through intelligence but some will have to come through the wreckage in the planes black boxes. The debris shows the jet began breaking up in midair. Wreckage and bodies spread over several miles along the flight path, consistent with the plane being ripped apart by aerodynamic forces after the aircraft was penetrated by a high explosive projectile like a missile. Large sections of the jet have been recovered away from the primary crash site. At the impact crater itself, the wreckage is more pulverized and charred, suggesting the plane hit the ground at a high rate of speed and engulfed in a large fire. Remember, the fuel tanks in the wi