18 July 2014

Malaysian jet shot down over Ukraine

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 — Flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur — with 295 people aboard crashed in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on 17th July.Ukrainian officials said it was shot down by pro-Russia militants, possibly with a heavy, Soviet-era ground-to-air missile.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak expressed shock over the reported crash of the Malaysian Airlines passenger jet in eastern Ukraine and said that he is launching immediate probe into reported jetliner crash.