Blown right out of the sky. Hundreds dead after Malaysian Airline flight shot down over ukraine and this is all that is left. Tonight we learn more about those on board as investigators try to piece together exactly what happened. Good evening everyone. Im larry biel in for dan. Im amma. Heres the lates latest. 2 98 people were on board that flight. 3 were infant. We learn more about the passengers. Several were on their way to an aids conference in australia. Including some prominent researchers. Fbi and the ntsb are sending teams to the renal to advice local investigators emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council is scheduled for tomorrow. Heres more. May laetion Airline Flight 17 down in eastern ukraine. All 2 83 passengers including 3 infant and 15 crew members dea dead. Unclear flightwere on th Officials Say what is clear is that the boeing triple 7 traveling at 33,000 feet from amsterdam Kuala Lumpur Kuala lut down by sophisticated missile. Not an accident blown ou
Situation. The secretary is of course aware of these reports. Were seeking additional information. Good evening. Im ama daetz in for cheryl jennings. Im larry beil. A missile fired from the ground brought down flight 17. 298 people on board, 3 infants have just been added to the death toll. We do not have confirmation of how many, if any, americans were on board though the guess is somewhere around 25. Most of the passengers were europeans, on a flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. Witnesses reported seeing a rocket blast hit the plane when it was above eastern ukraine. Parts of the plane and bodies are scattered up to ten miles from the main crash site. Ukraine security blames russian separatists for the attack and they plan to submit phone calls reported as evidence of a plot and emergency United Nations meeting tomorrow. Russian president Vladimir Putin said today, ukraine is to blame because of the unrest in that area. President obama talked to putin as well as ukraines president
Eastern ukraine and if military action in the country had not been renewed against pro russian separatists. Thank you. In an eerie turn of events, a dutch passenger on board flight 17 posted this photo to his Facebook Page shortly before takeoff. The picture of Malaysia Flight 17 was supposedly taken before he boarded. His caption jokes, quote, if it disappears, this is what it looks like. Facebook postings by friends suggest that it is genuine. The boeing 777 is known as a very advanced and safe aircraft. Its one of the most sophisticated Airlines Flying today. Now, meanwhile, investigators will be combing the wreckage for more clues. Large pieces of the plane and bodies of passengers are spread out over several miles indicating the plane broke up midair. But the most telling evidence has yet to be investigated. The critical pieces of evidence will be the black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder because they will tell the story of what happened before the crash
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Sz. Blown right out of the sky. Hundreds dead after Malaysian Airline flight shot down over ukraine and this is all that is left. Tonight we learn more about those on board as investigators try to piece together exactly what happened. Good evening everyone. Im larry biel in for dan. Im amma. Heres the lates latest. 2 98 people were on board that flight. 3 were infant. We learn more about the passengers. Several were on their way to an aids conference in australia. Including some prominent researchers. Fbi and the ntsb are sending teams to the renal to advice local investigators emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council is scheduled for tomorrow. Heres more. May laetion Airline Flight 17 down in eastern ukraine. All 2 83 passengers including 3 infant and 15 crew members dea dead. Unclear if americans were on the flight. U. S. Officials say what is clear is that the boeing triple 7 traveling at 33,000 feet from amsterdam to kuala lumpur shot down by sophisticated missile.