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Malaysian Jetliner Goes Down In Eastern Ukraine
July 17, 2014 17:08 GMT
A Malaysian passenger plane has crashed in eastern Ukraine where government forces are fighting pro-Russian separatists, amid claims the aircraft was shot down. The Boeing 777 carried about 300 passengers and crew and all are believe to have died.
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A pro-Russian separatist fighter stands at a site of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region. Shortly before the crash, a separatist leader boasted on social media that his men had shot down an aircraft. Later, the self-styled prime minister of the self-declared "Donetsk People's Republic," Aleksandr Borodai, claimed the Ukrainian air force shot down the plane.
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Twisted and burned wreckage of the Boeing 777 airliner.
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Part of the jetliner's engine is visible amid the wreckage.
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A man hoses down the burning wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines jet.
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Emergency service workers survey the crash site.
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Charred wreckage strewn across a field.
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A man stands next to a large piece of the destroyed plane.
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Malaysia Airlines markings are clearly visible on what appears to be a piece of the plane's tail.
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A photo reported to be of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as it took off from Schiphol airport near Amsterdam on July 17, 2014.
Malaysian Jetliner Goes Down In Eastern Ukraine
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