Thursday, July 17, 2014

Third Plane Shot Down in the Region

The Ukrainian Interior Minister said in a statement the airplane was shot down.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko released the following statement:

“Today, approximately at 16:20, Malaysia Airlines plane Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur disappeared from radar. In recent days, it is already the third tragic accident after the downing of planes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces An-26 and Su-25 from the Russian territory. We do not exclude that the given plane was also shot down and emphasize that the Armed Forces of Ukraine didn't commit any actions to strike the targets in the air. On behalf of the state, the President of Ukraine expressed the deepest and the most sincere condolences to friends and relatives of the deceased in this dreadful tragedy. All possible search-and-rescue operations are being conducted.”

His office also announced they're now involving “experts from ICAO and other international structures to investigate the tragedy.”

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