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
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 17, 2014
#BREAKING #Ukraine Maylasia Fight #MH17 1ST PHOTO OF PLANE #MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine pic.twitter.com/bfSKd7P4Jl
— Doxing-Rx (@DoxingRx) July 17, 2014
AP VIDEO: A map of the area where a Malaysian passenger plane was reportedly shot down: http://t.co/hbTUryGD3H
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 17, 2014
BREAKING: Ukraine pro-Russia rebels say they didn't shoot down airliner, blame Ukrainian armed forces.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 17, 2014
Here's the @ABC video of smoke in East Ukraine..might be a plane that @MAS malyasia airlines lost contact with. https://t.co/Wc9IQhvnqB
— Rachel Guerra (@rachelrguerra) July 17, 2014
This home video was shot near Torez, Ukraine and is thought to show smoke from the crash site.
Air traffic control lost contact with Flight 17 at 10:15 a.m. ET, Malaysia Airlines says http://t.co/IJ25aKed6z
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 17, 2014
Russian President told #Obama of message received just before plane crashed, website says http://t.co/IJ25aKed6z
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 17, 2014
Flight #MH-17 #Torez #Donetsk #Ukraine by Nadezhda Chernetskaya pic.twitter.com/nrokR3svTU
— legionar (@MatevzNovak) July 17, 2014
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