Day 1
Latest developments:
[More to follow]
7.30am: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) announces that all its European flights will be taking alternative routes and avoiding the usual route.
“The usual flight route was earlier declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. International Air Transportation Association has stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions,” MAS maintains in a statement.
The airlines, reeling from its second tragedy in four months, also confirms the ill-fated aircraft did not make any distress call prior to the crash.
Also, it clarifies that there were 298 people on board Flight MH17, comprising 283 passengers “including three infants of various nationalities” and 15 crew members.
Of these, it now says there were 43 Malaysians on board, including the crew and two infants.
“Malaysia Airlines is deploying its 'Go Team' to Amsterdam with a group of caregivers and volunteers to assist the family members of the passengers.”
It says families of passengers and crew may contact +603 7884 1234 (Malaysia) or +31703487770(Netherlands).
Separatist leader boasted of shooting plane
7am: At about the time contact was lost with MH17, pro-Russian separatist leader Igor Strelkov reportedly gloated about shooting down a Ukrainian AN-26 transport jet.
However, his posting said the shoot-down was made at 5.50pm Moscow time (9.50pm Malaysian time), 25 minutes before contact was lost with MH17 at 10.15pm (Malaysian time).
The posting was made on the Russian social networking siteVKontakte.
“Strelkov's page claimed responsibility for taking down a Ukrainian jet and posted and accompanying video that shows smoke rising from what is now believed to be the crash site of the passenger jet…
“That post now appears to have been removed,” Foreign Policy (FP) magazine reports on its blog.
The report adds that Strelkov is now claiming that his troops are not responsible for shooting down MH17 and is not capable of downing an aircraft flying at its altitude.
Background:
Latest developments:
- MAS says all European flights to take alternative route
- MAS now says 298 onboard - 43 Malaysians
- Separatist leader's plane shooting claim removed
[More to follow]
7.30am: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) announces that all its European flights will be taking alternative routes and avoiding the usual route.
“The usual flight route was earlier declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. International Air Transportation Association has stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions,” MAS maintains in a statement.The airlines, reeling from its second tragedy in four months, also confirms the ill-fated aircraft did not make any distress call prior to the crash.
Also, it clarifies that there were 298 people on board Flight MH17, comprising 283 passengers “including three infants of various nationalities” and 15 crew members.
Of these, it now says there were 43 Malaysians on board, including the crew and two infants.
“Malaysia Airlines is deploying its 'Go Team' to Amsterdam with a group of caregivers and volunteers to assist the family members of the passengers.”
It says families of passengers and crew may contact +603 7884 1234 (Malaysia) or +31703487770(Netherlands).
Separatist leader boasted of shooting plane
7am: At about the time contact was lost with MH17, pro-Russian separatist leader Igor Strelkov reportedly gloated about shooting down a Ukrainian AN-26 transport jet.
However, his posting said the shoot-down was made at 5.50pm Moscow time (9.50pm Malaysian time), 25 minutes before contact was lost with MH17 at 10.15pm (Malaysian time).The posting was made on the Russian social networking siteVKontakte.
“Strelkov's page claimed responsibility for taking down a Ukrainian jet and posted and accompanying video that shows smoke rising from what is now believed to be the crash site of the passenger jet…
“That post now appears to have been removed,” Foreign Policy (FP) magazine reports on its blog.
The report adds that Strelkov is now claiming that his troops are not responsible for shooting down MH17 and is not capable of downing an aircraft flying at its altitude.
Background:
- A Malaysian passenger airliner with 298 people on boardcrashed in Ukraine late yesterday.
- The Boeing 777-200 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur and was due to arrive at 6am this morning.
- Reports also claimed that the plane could have been hit by a missile as it flew over a conflict zone.
- However, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak says it has yet to confirm if the jetliner was shot down but vows a full investigation and "swift justice".
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