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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

9M-MRD, the Boeing 777-200ER involved in the crash, seen at Perth Airport in August 2010
Incident
Date	17 July 2014 (2014-07-17)
Site	Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine 48°8′42″N 38°38′54″E / 48.14500°N 38.64833°E / 48.14500; 38.64833
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 777-200ER
Operator	Malaysia Airlines
Registration	9M-MRD
Flight origin	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Destination	Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Passengers	280
Crew	15

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The Boeing 777-200ER crashed near Hrabove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the border with Russia on 17 July 2014, carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members. It was the airline's second incident in fewer than five months, following the disappearance of Flight 370 in early March 2014.

Initial reports said the Ukrainian government suggested that it was shot down at an altitude of 10,000 metres (33,000 ft) by a surface-to-air missile fired using the Buk missile system.

With 280 passengers involved, this is the largest Malaysia Airlines incident to date. It surpasses Flight 370, in which 227 passengers were involved.

Crash

The aircraft departed from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Gate G03 at 12:14 CEST (10:14 UTC). Around 15:30 UTC, Malaysian Airlines reported that they had lost contact with the flight.The number of persons on the plane is assumed to be 295 (280 passengers and 15 crew members) and there are assumed to be no survivors, though this has not been formally confirmed.

The plane crashed in the village of Hrabove just north of Torez, a city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, as it was approaching the Russian border.

Locals filmed smoke coming from the site of the crash.

Cause

A Ukrainian government official initially suggested that the aircraft was shot down by a Buk missile. The Kremlin has denied that it was a Russian missile that was responsible.

Due to the current violence occurring in this area of Ukraine, it was suggested that it could have been shot down by a portable defence missile, although a defence expert later reported that to shoot down an aircraft at such a high altitude would have required a long-range surface-to-air missile possibly assisted by radar, or by an air-to-air missile from another aircraft.

Ukrainian government has claimed that the aircraft was shot down by pro-Russian separatists. Separatists' involvement cannot be ruled out since in late June an official Russian source announced that separatists indeed had BUKs in their possession. Also, separatists have acknowledged shooting down an aircraft at approximately same time in approximately this location, claiming it was a Ukrainian military transport plane.

Aircraft

Flight 17 was operated with a Boeing 777-2H6ER, serial number 28411, registration 9M-MRD. The 84th Boeing 777 produced, it first flew on 17 July 1997, and was delivered new to Malaysia Airlines on 29 July 1997. The aircraft was powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 892 engines, and configured to carry 282 passengers. 9M-MRD crashed exactly 17 years after its first flight.

The Boeing 777, introduced in 1994, is generally regarded by aviation experts as having a safety record that is one of the best of any commercial aircraft. Since its first commercial flight in June 1995, there have been only four other serious accidents involving hull-loss: British Airways Flight 38 in 2008; a cockpit fire in a parked EgyptAir 777-200 at Cairo International Airport in 2011; and Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in 2013, in which three people died. Another Malaysia Airlines 777, Flight 370 (registration 9M-MRO), went missing on 8 March 2014.

International reactions

•  Russia – The Russian defence ministry has said the accusations of shooting the aircraft down are 'absurd'.

•  Ukraine - Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has ordered an investigation into the crash, and the government has officially confirmed that the aircraft has crashed. Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko wrote that the plane was brought down by a Buk ground-to-air missile, fired by separatists.

•  United States - The US has said it will use its satellite imagery records to establish whether a surface-to-air missile was the cause of the crash.

•  United Kingdom – The United Kingdom foreign office has stated that it is "urgently working to establish what has happened".

•  Singapore – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Twitter: "Shocked & saddened to hear of #MH17 crash in Ukraine. Our thoughts & prayers are with the passengers & crew, & their families."

•  Sweden – Foreign Secretary Carl Bildt wrote: "Absolutely horrible with Malaysia Airlines probably shot down over separatist area of Eastern Ukraine."

•  Estonia – President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said on Twitter: "Our thoughts are with the victims of the horrible downing of the Malaysian flight over Ukraine. We need a thorough investigation and those responsible at whatever level must be brought to stand trial at the International Criminal Court."

•  Malaysia – Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Twitter: "I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed. We are launching an immediate investigation."

•  Estonia - Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves tweeted: "Our thoughts are with the victims of the horrible downing of the Malaysian flight over Ukraine." Followed by: "We need a thorough investigation and those responsible at whatever level must be brought to stand trial at the International Criminal Court."

See also

• Incidents and accidents involving Boeing 777 aircraft

Notes

1. MH is the IATA designator and MAS is the ICAO designator. The flight is also marketed as KLM Flight 4103 (KL4103/KLM4103) through a codeshare agreement.

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External links

• Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashes in Ukraine – live updates
• MH17 17 July 2014 on FlightAware

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