According to reports, a Malaysia Airlines flight en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed near the Ukrainian-Russia border on Thursday, killing all 295 on board.
Early reports also suggest that the plane, flight MH17, may have been shot down by a ground-to-air missile, which was confirmed by Anton Gerashenko, an advisor to Ukraine's interior minister.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak tweeted his shock at that incident.
I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed. We are
launching an immediate investigation.
— Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) July 17, 2014
As is common these days, this story unfolded for most of the world on social media. Below are a few of the early tweets about the crash; we will update this page as the news develops.
#MH17
till now, there are 57 geocoded tweets from the crash area, over
100 Instagram photos and 2 YouTube videos pic.twitter.com/QwprgblWvR
— Henk van Ess (@henkvaness) July 17, 2014
Watch LIVE: CBS News Special Report: Malaysia Airlines flight
#MH17
crashes in Ukraine http://t.co/V9gBnUMo4H
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