The exact circumstances are not clear, but what is clear is everybody on board the aircraft is dead. Here is john with the latest. I think the death toll is 298. 315 with the malaysian aircrew, and the mostly dutch. The flight going down to kuala lumpur. 27 australians, 23 malaysians, nine british, 23 u. S. Citizens, and 23 unaccounted for. As you say, the flight left at 12 15 local time in holland. It would have arrived three hours ago in kuala lumpur. It went down over Eastern Ukraine, the town of torez, 50 kilometers from the russian border. It is important to point out they were authorized they could travel at 33,000 feet. They were also informed by the Ukrainian Air Traffic Control that the area was not designated as a war zone. The International Transport association said there were no flight restrictions either. It is a boeing triple seven 777 widebody. 11 gadflies surface to air missiles took it out, it would seem, according to u. S. Intelligence. A bit oft of you weaponry that
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