MH17-ill-fated Malaysian Airlines crash

So far no trace of a single piece or location found of missing MH370 plane on Mar 2014 by authority, again one more tragedy for Malaysian Airlines on 17th July 2014. A Malaysia Airlines jet was carrying 295 people has crashed in east Ukraine at Grabovo village on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Detail of the MH17-ill-fated plane:

Flight MH17 Malaysia Airlines - Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur via Ukraine / Russia space.

Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200ER

Crew members: 15

Total Passengers aboard: 280

Left Amsterdam at: 10:15 GMT

Lost radar contact at: 14:15 GMT at 10,000m (33,000ft)


After MH17 crashed in east Ukraine, except fire and debris, there are no signs of survivors at the location of the crash which happened near the village of Grabovo, east Ukraine. This is also called 'Ukraine rebel-held territory' and close to the Russia's border. Malaysian authorities shocked on this as this is the second disaster suffered by Malaysia Airlines in year  2014 or within 4 months gap (after Flight MH370 missing en route from Malaysia to China in 8th March and still not found). However, for this crash, both sides in Ukraine's civil conflict (Ukraine Governemnt and Rebel) accused each other of shooting down the plane with a missile. 

It is still not clear why the plane came down. Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko stated that the crash is "an act of terrorism". As per source, the crash site is in under control of Ukraine's separatist rebels. The MH17 was about to enter Russian airspace when contact was lost, the flight fell between Krasni Luch in Luhansk region and Shakhtarsk in the neighbouring region of Donetsk. As per authority statement, "to bring down an airplane from an altitude of 10,000m and above, you need to have very serious and advanced sophosicate weapons called missiles". "It could be either a mistake or a terrorist act."

As per the source, country wise passengers list identified as below;

154 Dutch nationals
27 Australians
23 Malaysians
11 Indonesians
6 British
4 Germans
4 Belgians
3 Philippines
1 Canadian
All 15 crew members - Malaysian

This incident could have been taken place on the Ukraine crisis.

"This is a tragic day in what it ha already been a tragic year for Malaysia," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stated, he ordered to inquire and investigate more in detail.