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Video: Footage shot in Ukraine of downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet
Published 17:22 17 Jul 2014 BST
Updated 13:45 12 Nov 2014 GMT
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The flight was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it was reportedly shot down near the Russia-Ukraine border.
Footage has emerged reportedly showing plumes of smoke from a Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine, close to the border with Russia. All 295 passengers on board are thought to have lost their lives. http://youtu.be/48YlDSVFVMI Unconfirmed reports state that the Ukrainian interior ministry have revealed that the flight was shot down by a Buk ground-to-air missile, although the Ukrainian presidential press service is claiming that the country's armed forces are not to blame.#BREAKING: Ukrainian armed forces not involved in Malaysian passenger plane being brought down: Interfax quoting presidential press service
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 17, 2014
The flight disappeared from radar at around 10,000 metres before coming down near the town of Shakhtyorsk.
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