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| Malaysia airliner crashes in east Ukraine near Russia border | Malaysia airliner crashes in east Ukraine near Russia border |
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| A Malaysian airliner with 295 people on board has crashed in Ukraine on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, amid allegations it was shot down. | |
| Dozens of bodies are scattered around what is believed to be the wreckage of the jet near the village of Grabovo, a Reuters correspondent reports. | |
| Flight MH17 had been due to enter Russian airspace when contact was lost. | |
| Both the Ukrainian government and rebels have denied shooting it down in the region close to the Russian border. | |
| Russian separatists are believed to have shot down two Ukrainian military planes over the region in recent days. | |
| The pro-Russian rebels have been fighting government forces in the region. | |
| Analysis: Jonathan Beale, BBC News | Analysis: Jonathan Beale, BBC News |
| A defence expert has told the BBC that shooting down a plane at 10,000m (9.7 miles) would have required a long- range surface-to-air missile - possibly guided by radar. | A defence expert has told the BBC that shooting down a plane at 10,000m (9.7 miles) would have required a long- range surface-to-air missile - possibly guided by radar. |
| That suggests it is unlikely it could have been downed by a portable air defence missile, or Manpad, which has a much shorter range. | That suggests it is unlikely it could have been downed by a portable air defence missile, or Manpad, which has a much shorter range. |
| The only other possibility is for an aircraft at that height to be downed by a fighter carrying air-to-air missiles. | The only other possibility is for an aircraft at that height to be downed by a fighter carrying air-to-air missiles. |
| The US will have access to satellite imagery that should be able to identify ultra-violet plumes if a long-range surface-to-air missile was fired. | The US will have access to satellite imagery that should be able to identify ultra-violet plumes if a long-range surface-to-air missile was fired. |
| Ukraine has accused Russia's military of supplying advanced missiles to the rebels. | |
| Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak reportedly said he was launching an immediate inquiry into the crash. | |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to his US counterpart, Barack Obama, by phone about the crash, the Kremlin said in a statement (in Russian). | |
| "The Russian leader informed the US president about an air-traffic controllers' report that came just before their phone conversation that a Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine," the statement said. | |
| 'Third downing' | |
| The plane fell between Krasni Luch in Luhansk region and Shakhtarsk in the neighbouring region of Donetsk. | |
| Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying the plane had been hit by a missile at an altitude of 10,000m (33,000ft). The claim could not be verified independently. | Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying the plane had been hit by a missile at an altitude of 10,000m (33,000ft). The claim could not be verified independently. |
| Earlier on Thursday, Ukrainian officials blamed the Russian air force for shooting down one of its ground attack jets on Wednesday. | |
| Confirming the crash, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said: "This is a third such tragic event in recent days, when Ukrainian military An-26 and Su-25 aircraft have been shot down from Russian territory. | |
| "The Ukrainian armed forces did not attempt to shoot down targets in the air." | |
| Separatist leader Alexander Borodai accused the government of downing the airliner. | |
| "Apparently, it's a passenger airliner indeed, truly shot down by the Ukrainian air force," he told Russia's state-run Rossiya 24 TV broadcaster. | |
| The UK Foreign Office said it was aware of the reports of the crash and was "urgently working to establish what has happened". | The UK Foreign Office said it was aware of the reports of the crash and was "urgently working to establish what has happened". |
| This is also the second plane crash involving a Malaysian airliner this year, following the disappearance of Flight MH370 to Beijing in March. | |
| Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 - Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur | |
| Aircraft: Boeing 777-200ER | |
| Crew: 15 | |
| Passengers: 280 | |
| Left Amsterdam: 10:30 GMT | |
| Lost contact: 13:20 GMT at 10,000m (33,000ft) | |
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