Malaysia B772 near Donetsk on Jul 17th 2014, aircraft was shot down

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration 9M-MRD performing flight MH-17 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) with 280 passengers and 15 crew, was enroute at FL330 about 50nm northwest of Donetsk (Ukraine) when the transponder signal was lost at FL330 at position N48.56 E37.21 at 13:43Z. The aircraft came down near the village of Shakhtarsk (Ukraine) about 56nm from the last transponder position and 20nm from the Ukrainian/Russian border.

Ukrainian rescue services reported that the wreckage is spread over an area of about 15km diameter around the villages of Hrabovo and Shakhtarsk.

Interfax reports citing an industry source that a Malaysia Boeing 777 from Amsterdam to Malaysia has crashed near the Ukrainian/Russian border, the burning wreckage has been located. The aircraft has been shot down, the agency subsequently added.

Malaysia Airlines have confirmed an incident, the aircraft did not enter Russian Airspace so far, about two hours after the estimated entry into the airspace. At 15:40Z Malaysia Airlines tweeted: "Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow." At 16:45Z the airline tweeted: "Malaysia Airlines confirms it received notification from Ukrainian ATC that it had lost contact with flight MH17 at 1415 (GMT) at 30km from Tamak waypoint, approximately 50km from the Russia-Ukraine border. Flight MH17 operated on a Boeing 777 departed Amsterdam at 12.15pm (Amsterdam local time) and was estimated to arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6.10 am (Malaysia local time) the next day. The flight was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew onboard. More details to follow."

Ukraine's Ministry of Interior have confirmed the Boeing has crashed, there were no survivors.

The Ukraine have closed the airspace around Donetsk about 90 minutes after the aircraft disappeared.

The Ukrainian President said, the aircraft has been brought down as result of a terrorist act. Ukrainian military forces were not involved in the shoot down of the aircraft.

Related NOTAMS:

A1508/14 - SEGMENTS OF ATS ROUTES CLOSED:

T242 NALEM MASOL M996 ABUGA GUKOL

G476 MASOL OLGIN W533 TOROS KUBIR

L32 NALEM KW P851 LS NESLO

A83 LS DIMAB L980 GANRA TAMAK

W538 GANRA FASAD W633 LUGAT MAKAK

L69 LAMIV GONED W644 DON GETBO

M70 BULIG TAMAK B493 PODOL FASAD

L984 BULIG FASAD W531 KOVIL PW

M136 MEBAM DON M995 OLGIN PENAK

L140 KOVIL FASAD.

FM FL320 UP TO UNL. 17 JUL 15:00 2014 UNTIL 17 AUG 23:59 2014 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 17 JUL 15:02 2014

A1507/14 - TEMPO RESTRICTED AREA INSTALLED WITHIN FIR DNIPROPETROVSK

BOUNDED BY COORDINATES :

495355N 0380155E 485213N 0372209E 480122N 0370253E

471352N 0365856E 465018N 0374325E 465900N 0382000E

470642N 0381324E THEN ALONG STATE BOUNDARY

UNTIL POINT 495355N 0380155E.

RESTRICTION NOT APPLIED FOR FLIGHTS OF STATE ACFT OF UKRAINE. FL320 - UNL, 17 JUL 15:00 2014 UNTIL 17 AUG 23:59 2014 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 17 JUL 14:56 2014

A1493/14 - SEGMENTS OF ATS ROUTES CLOSED:

T242 NALEM MASOL M996 ABUGA GUKOL

G476 MASOL OLGIN W533 TOROS KUBIR

L32 NALEM KW P851 LS NESLO

A83 LS DIMAB L980 GANRA TAMAK

W538 GANRA FASAD W633 LUGAT MAKAK

L69 LAMIV GONED W644 DON GETBO

M70 BULIG TAMAK B493 PODOL FASAD

L984 BULIG FASAD W531 KOVIL PW

M136 MEBAM DON M995 OLGIN PENAK

L140 KOVIL FASAD.

FM FL260 UP TO FL320. 14 JUL 18:00 2014 UNTIL 14 AUG 23:59 2014 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 14 JUL 15:58 2014

A1492/14 - TEMPO RESTRICTED AREA INSTALLED WITHIN FIR DNIPROPETROVSK

BOUNDED BY COORDINATES :

495355N 0380155E 485213N 0372209E 480122N 0370253E

471352N 0365856E 465018N 0374325E 465900N 0382000E

470642N 0381324E THEN ALONG STATE BOUNDARY

UNTIL POINT 495355N 0380155E.

RESTRICTION NOT APPLIED FOR FLIGHTS OF STATE ACFT OF UKRAINE. FL260 - FL320, 14 JUL 18:00 2014 UNTIL 14 AUG 23:59 2014 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 14 JUL 15:48 2014

Wreckage (Photo: Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters):

Wreckage and bodies pixellated out (Photo: Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters):

Debris near Shakhtarsk:

Ground observer reporting seeing something hit the aircraft and aircraft coming down (Video: Secretariat for HQ of National Resistance of Ukraine):

Smoke rising from supposed crash site (Video: Secretariat for HQ of National Resistance of Ukraine):

Map (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth):