Reporting: Russians shot down a Malaysian Flight over Ukraine.

[Mauser KAR98K]

Title to be edit in case the media gets it wrong.

http://news.sky.com/story/1302864/ma...h-295-on-board

A passenger plane with 295 people on board has been shot down as it flew above eastern Ukraine, according to aviation sources.

The Malaysia Airlines plane, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was travelling at an altitude of 10km (6.2 miles) when it was shot down, Russia's Interfax reported.

The Boeing 777 was brought down by a Buk ground-to-air missile, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry quoted by the news agency said.

This just got interesting.

[markm]

What the hell?

[C-grunt]

Do airliners routinely fly over war zones?

[skijunkie55]

Oops... Guess I should have refreshed the GD page before posting...

half the news says "shot down" half says "crashed"

[Grand58742]

This will not end well.

Prayers to the families of the victims.

[TXBK]

A word to the wise....don't fly Malaysian Airlines. However this turns out, it most likely could have been avoided.

[markm]

I'm sure it was just a fuel tank switch like TWA Flight 800.

[TriviaMonster]

Either way, this is bad news and will further unrest until its sorted out.

[jpmuscle]

Well, that's not good.

[Rekkr870]

Fox claims there was 23 Americans on board.