[]Malaysia Airline plane reportedly goes down over Ukraine Malaysia Airline plane reportedly goes down over Ukraine Storified by · Thu, Jul 17 2014 18:05:43
A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people was reportedly shot down in eastern Ukraine Thursday.
Much of the information, videos and photos coming into our newsroom have not been independently verified.
Air Canada on Ukraine: As a precautionary measure, Air Canada has been proactively avoiding airspace over the region for some time already.Greg Bonnell
An hour before #MH17 went down, separatists were bragging about downing a Ukrainian military plane.via @tikhondzyadko http://t.co/mDzBVJkfcYJulia Ioffe
Horrified by reports of a Malaysian Airlines plane crashing near the #Ukraine/#Russia border. We are following the situation very closely.John Baird
Malaysia Airlines flight #MH17 just before it disappeared over Ukraine. http://t.co/xvDHsEQtkgFlightradar24
BREAKING: Other flights in area of Malaysia Airline flight shot down seem to be changing course http://t.co/E04Ak3y7FUAirLiveNet
Here is more video that has not been independently verified and ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ cannot confirm it is from today's crash
Π ΡΠ°ΠΉΠΎΠ½Π΅ Π‘Π½Π΅ΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΡΡ 17.07.2014AtY8wqfN-_P4o9FXwR8wQQ
Photos uploaded by @MatevzNovak that ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ cannot verify:
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine . Don't know what part of the plane is this. http://t.co/kniwpcyfsGlegionar
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine More photos http://t.co/XjaQYTniDvlegionar
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine by Nadezhda Chernetskaya http://t.co/z4byDeovcplegionar
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine by Nadezhda Chernetskaya http://t.co/nrokR3svTUlegionar
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine by Nadezhda Chernetskaya http://t.co/2o0SGVnjbElegionar
Shortly after the event the Malaysian Prime Minister tweeted:
I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed. We are launching an immediate investigation.Mohd Najib Tun Razak
Malaysia Airlines tweeted they had lost contact near Ukrainian airspace:
Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow.Malaysia Airlines