Report: Malaysian airliner crashes in Ukraine
 

If this report is confirmed, a sad day for all the families of the casualties, and a grim future for Malaysia Airlines one would feel.

Report: Malaysian airliner crashes in Ukraine

Hi All,

What a sad day for MAS if this true and correct.

As MAS was already in financial trouble, this could be the straw that broke the camels back.

Stuart

Oh My God, that is absolutely terrible, this is only the first news of this as I wake up now, and will have massive international repercussions. As for Malaysia Airlines, I worry for their survivability now, although they need an airline internally, their international business is going to disappear after this. Tragedy.

Hi All,

From flightaware, it appears the aircraft was 9M-MRD B772 formerly known as "Freedom of Space"

Stuart

It appears the flight was downed by a missile!

I didn't think anyone had a ground to air missile that could go 34,000ft.
Must be some missile.

Stuart

Shocking news all round - the circumstances are tragic. Makes you wonder why there were flying over that airspace, given what is happening in the area.

Sad as well that it was the beautiful former Freedom of Space livery.

I hope MH will recover - they were struggling from MH370, this will be another cruel blow.

Tragedy aside. It makes you wonder what shenanigans the Malaysian government must be caught up in globally leading up to these two epic disasters.

Certainly a tragedy. Malaysian Airlines will struggle I feel after this. Guess other airlines will now avoid Ukraine airspace.

Reports are it may have been a SA-17 SAM with a height range of 25,000m and engagement range of 42,000m. How the pro-Russians got their hands on one is a good question but if so, it certainly is designed to take out high flying aircraft. Maybe the separatist thought is was a Ukraine military transport?

27 Australians on board the flight.