Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
downing of a Malaysian civilian airliner by a missile on 17 July 2014 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17)[lower-alpha 6] was a scheduled international passenger flight from Schiphol airport, Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] On 17 July 2014 the Boeing 777-200ER lost radar contact. The plane was shot down and crashed near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. All 298 people (283 passengers and 15 crew members) aboard perished.[4]
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Shootdown | |
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Date | 17 July 2014 (2014-07-17) |
Summary | Shootdown |
Site | Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine 48°8′17″N 38°38′20″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 777-2H6ER |
Operator | Malaysia Airlines |
Registration | 9M-MRD |
Flight origin | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |
Destination | Kuala Lumpur International Airport |
Passengers | 283 |
Crew | 15 |
Fatalities | 298 (all) |
Survivors | 0 |
Nation | Number |
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Australia | 27 |
Belgium | 4 |
Canada[lower-alpha 1] | 1 |
China | 1 |
France | 4 |
Germany[lower-alpha 2] | 4 |
Hong Kong | 1 |
Indonesia | 12 |
Ireland | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Malaysia[lower-alpha 3] | 43 |
Netherlands[lower-alpha 4] | 193 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Philippines | 3 |
Romania | 1 |
United Kingdom[lower-alpha 5] | 10 |
United States | 23 |
Vietnam | 3 |
Total | 298 |
It was suspected by Ukraine that the aircraft was shot down by a ground-to-air missile, fired by Pro-Russian separatists during war in Donbas.[5] Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called it an "act of terrorism."[6] The cause of the crash has not yet been determined by the official investigation, which is being carried out by the Dutch Safety Board. Fighting delayed investigation, but in October 2018 Dutch investigators said the plane was destroyed as a result of the explosion of a BUK missile.[7]