According to reports by several news agencies, a Malaysian passenger airliner crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday, July 17. Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister, reportedly posted on his Facebook page, however, that a ground missile from a Buk launcher hit the plane.
The plane was flying at an altitude of 33,000 feet (around 10,000 meters) when it was allegedly hit by the missile.
In a tweet, Malaysia Airlines confirmed that it has lost contact with Flight MH17, which was heading Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. Its last known position was over the Ukranian airspace.
All the 15 crew and 280 passengers were presumed dead.