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Happened. It seems dubious that the Russian Military, in other words, would want to take down a major passenger plane. Certainly with not the intent of taking it down. Again, we simply dont know who brought this down. Im also here with lieu dtenant colonel rick francona. Just in terms of kants, we have not seen separatists heretofor, they have brought down at least one transport plane, but they were not flying at 33,000 feet. Yeah, this would require, as we were talking about, a more sophisticated system. Talking about, you know, hitting it inadvertently, it would be very difficult for that to happen. Generally once youre locked onto the target, it goes to that target. And if it veers off that target and is no longer being guided, they selfdestruct. But when youre targeting a plane at that altitude, are you
clear on exactly what kind of a plane it is . No, its a return on your radar. Right. It will be a certain size, you can est ....
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. Thi ....
Being on. Lets reset at the top of the hour now. Im anderson cooper. Thank you for joining us. Were following two major breaking stories that the hour. The downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 that killed 298 people in ukraine. And im wolf blitzer reporting from jerusalem. The other major story, the breaking story we were following, the crisis in gaza, where israel launched a major ground offensive and it continues. A lot to get you up to date on in this hour. President obama today laying out the priorities and the aftermath of the Airline Crash in the ukraine. The priorities, learning the truth first, he say then acting. There has to be a credible International Investigation into what happened. The u. N. Security council has endorsed this investigation and we will hold all its members, including russi ....
Passengers would have been conscious for a terrifying 9seconds after impact. that more must be done to avoid airspaces over conflict zones. it concluded that 168 commercial planes flew over the area that day. the report however, did not seek to place became on anyone. that is up to an ongoing criminal investigation. but other evidence has pointed towards russia as the culprit. this was a russian-made buk system. it was fired from a plot of land controlled by russian-backed separatists it and system of its kind was photographed returning towards the russian border soon after the event. jon. jon: benjamin hall, so sad, really, to relive what happened that day. thank you. jenna: a college student arrested for threatening a school shooting where police say she revealed her plans and why. also trouble in one of the country s ritziest zip codes. what is sparking concerns in beverly hills and on rodeo drive? ....
Some of which are obviously from some of the bodies found, some of them are from ones that couldn t be. and experts have arrived today. the malaysians and also three dutch forensic experts and visited the scene. so, things are fwraj s are gra improving. villages near where the crash sites are, you see peasants are shoveling hay. the cows are happily moving by all the debris, and life is returning to the very, very strange status quo of the conflict in east ukraine that was shattered when the plane was down last week. max seddon from buzzfeed. thank you so much for your reporting. great job. american and western governments have been pointing to evidence that a russian-made buk system was responsible for the downing of malaysian flight 17, russian citizens watching and reading russian media are getting a different picture. for instance, the plane was moved off the standard flight path it had taken every time before, dispatcher summoned the ....