Malaysia Airlines Plane Crashes in Ukraine With 295 on Board

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew crashed in Ukraine near the country's border with Russia, according to an Interfax report.

Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow.

— Malaysia Airlines (@MAS) July 17, 2014

Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it "lost contact" with the plane. "The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace."
A Malaysia Airlines spokesman tells Mashable they have no information at this time.
An adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry reports the plane was brought down by a ground-to-air missile.
A government minister says Ukrainian rebels shot it down.
The Ukrainian Air Traffic agency reportedly confirmed Malaysian Airlines plane crashed near Ukrainian-Russian border. Reuters, citing Interfax as well, reports that the plane was shot down at an altitude of 10 km above eastern Ukraine, which has been the battleground of a months-long war between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels.
The flight was said to be "found burning on the ground in Ukraine," a source tells Interfax. Below is the flight path of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which left from Amsterdam on Thursday.
At least two videos posted to YouTube — both of them unconfirmed — show a blake plume of smoke rising over the horizon.

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