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Malaysia airlines has released a statement on the flight MH17 which may or may not have been shot down but seems definitely crashed.
It reads:
Malaysia Airlines confirms it received notification from Ukrainian ATC that it had lost contact with flight MH17 at 1415 (GMT) at 30km from Tamak waypoint, approximately 50km from the Russia-Ukraine border.
Flight MH17 operated on a Boeing 777 departed Amsterdam at 12.15pm (Amsterdam local time) and was estimated to arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6.10 am (Malaysia local time) the next day.
The flight was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew onboard.
More details to follow.
The statement does not confirm the crash. The first statements out of Ukraine suggested it was shot down although it is possible it may have come apart at altitude.
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