Malaysia Boeing 777 crashes in Ukraine

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 has crashed in Ukraine. Flight MH17 was enroute from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it went down. There were 295 people onboard; 280 passengers and 15 crew members.

Malaysia Airlines announced via Twitter that Ukranian ATC lost contact with flight MH17 at 14.15 (GMT) not far from the Russia-Ukraine border. The aircraft departed from Amsterdam Airport at 12.15 pm (local time). It was estimated to arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport the next day at 6.10 am (local time). The aircraft crashed in an area with frequent rocket attacks in recent days because of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. It is not clear whether the airliner was shot down.

Malaysia Airlines lost another Boeing 777 on March 8, 2014. This aircraft disappeared over the south Indian Ocean on flight MH370 to China. The wreck still has not been found and all 241 people aboard are presumed to have died.

Malaysia airlines operates thirteen Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The crashed aircraft, 9M-MRD, was delivered to the airline in July 1997.

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