A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace.
Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said on his Facebook page the plane was flying at an altitude of 33,000 feet. He also said it was hit by a missile fired from a Buk launcher, which can fire missiles up to an altitude of 72,000 feet.
Boeing 777 Travelling From Amsterdam With 295 On Board…
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES lost contact with flight…
REPORT: Was flying 33,000 feet when hit by missile fired from Buk launcher…
Crashed 35 miles from Russian border…
