KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine says a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists who have been fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane.
As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village in eastern Ukraine, the fate of the 280 passengers and 15 crew aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was not immediately known.
Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights as it was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Ukrainian airspace, but did not yet confirm …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
