Video: Footage shot in Ukraine of downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet 9 years ago

Video: Footage shot in Ukraine of downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet

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.

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All 295 passengers on board are thought to have lost their lives.

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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.

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The flight disappeared from radar at around 10,000 metres before coming down near the town of Shakhtyorsk.

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