A Malaysian plane has been shot down in the Ukraine.

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The flight mh17 from Amsterdam to kuala lumpor with 295 people on board, it was a boing 777.
It was shot down with a buk ground to air missile.
They say there are no survivors.

It's awful.

Plus the commercial plane was following the same course used by the cargo plane

Sorry that was following on from weareeternals last post.

I'm watching three news channels at once and googling.
And you are all way better to chat to about it than DP.

I'm going to become addicted and start obsessively watching the news 24/7 like I did when MH370 went missing.

It's just so horrific. I need to know everything so that I can try to understand how it could happen.

My dad is currently on a flight from SE Asia to England. Took off within the last hour and will be flying over Russia. I'm scared.

Rest in peace all the victims of flight MH17.

Ukrainian rebels don't have planes so big question is why would surface to air missiles be used?

They thought the cargo plane was a Ukrainian military transport plane apparently.

Gosh this is terrible.

RIP. Those poor poor people.

So awful for Air Malaysia. What will happen to them?

I have just heard that two of my daughter in law's Bruneian relatives might be on that plane, heading home for the Eid celebrations. They are a young couple; university students. It's possible they were not on that flight but they don't know as yet. I feel sick to my stomach.

It's not the first time this has happened.

The US shot down an Iranian passenger jet

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

Killing 290 people in the 80s.

There's a theory that Lockerbie was a revenge attack for this.

Also during the Cold War this Korean flight

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007

Was shot down by the Russians.

These tradgedies are terrible. If the international community knew this airspace was dangerous then flight plans should have been changed.

Given the route I imagine there will have been lots of nationalities on board.

I hope this doesn't escalate into ww3.

Slithy do you think your dad's plane might be redirected?

Oh Selks

I'm not buying that it was 'mistaken' for anything.

Even I, with zero knowledge or experience in air traffic can find this - www.flightradar24.com/ - find Ukraine, then the area it happened and press on the real time button. It shows you the flights in the air with numbers etc...
I'm quite sure whoever is responsible for this is more savvy than me, have much better access to such information and are using sophisticated means of comms.

Selks that is awful. I hope they are safe.

I hope your DIL soon has confirmation that her relatives were on a different flight selks.

This is horrific. Plane crashes are thankfully rare, but two within 5 months is actually very scary. Especially when one has been reportedly "brought down" & the other has disappeared in suspicious/unknown circumstances .

Poor families. Again.

slithytove - please let us know when your father has safely landed.

Selks - I hope your DIL's relatives missed the flight. Let us know.

RIP for all on board and their families.

OK just got text from my son, the relatives are not on that plane, not flying until tomorrow. Thank fuck. Feel really shaken up now, might go out for a bit. Really feel for the families of those that were on that flight.

This is horrific Malaysia Airlines have lost two planes within the space of six months.

RIP all those who were on flight MH17

Selks

Are we sure the Malasayian plane was shot down? Perhaps it is news news agencies that have confused a lost plane that has crashed with the Russian one that was shot down?

Thank goodness for that, Selks.

Aljazeera is reporting that it was shot down by a Ukrainian missile, as is RT. France24 says it could be Russian separatists. Whoever shot it down made a catastrophic mistake. All those bereaved families.

Selks I know how you feel My parents flew out to New York the day before 9/11 It was an anxious time

Selks Good news, thank God.

Slithy I know it sounds silly but try not to worry too much.
There'll be a huge security warning now and all flights that were/are supposed to fly over Ukraine airspace will be diverted.

There are some pictures online of people standing in a field looking at a big piece of wreckage that is clearly part of a Malaysian Airlines plane.

The Ukrainians are saying they don't even possess those kind of missiles. Apparently, the Russian separatists do.

dia I don't know, I can't find any information. It's not going near the Ukraine luckily but still, pretty damn nerve wracking. BA so hopefully they will do what's needed to keep passengers safe. Roll on 6am.