Passenger Jet Down Over Ukraine

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Malaysian plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border - live

Source: The Telegraph

• Interfax reports that a Malaysian plane has crashed in Ukraine
• The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
• 295 people were on board

16.20 The plane is thought to have crashed near Shaktersk.

16.15 Interfax news agency are claiming that a Malaysian passenger plane has crashed in Ukraine, near the Russian border.

"A Boeing Malaysian Airlines that was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur began to descend about 50km before entering Russian airspace, and was subsequently found burning on the ground in Ukraine," an aviation source told Interfax.

Interfax said that 295 people were on board at the time.

Read more: Malaysia Airlines plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border - live - Telegraph



Thick black smoke from the area in east Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner reportedly crashed.

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