Breaking: Malaysian Airline Plane Allegedly Shot Down By Ukraine Forces; 295 Passengers Die

295 people have reportedly died after a Malaysian passenger aircraft crashed after being shot down in near the Russian border in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, according to an adviser to Ukraine's Interior Minister.





The commercial Boeing airliner was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, the source told the Interfax news agency.





The aircraft involved is understood to be a Boeing 777 with flight number MH17, which departed from Amsterdam at 12.14am local time, 15 minutes alter than scheduled, according to flight records.





It was expected to arrive in Malaysia at 6:10am local time, but did enter Russian airspace when it was expected to, a Russian aviation source told Reuters.





The Interfax report said the plane came down 50 km (20 miles) short of entering Russian airspace. It "began to drop, afterwards it was found burning on the ground on Ukrainian territory," the unnamed source said.




The plane appeared to have come down in a region of military action where Ukrainian government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists.