JULY 18 2014
5am: This is what we know so far on the nationalities of the passengers and crew on flight MH17:
154 - Dutch
6- British
23- American
24 - Australian
23 - Malaysian
15 crew - Malaysian
5am: This is what we know so far on the nationalities of the passengers and crew on flight MH17:
154 - Dutch
6- British
23- American
24 - Australian
23 - Malaysian
15 crew - Malaysian
Total: 245. Fifty people are still unidentified. Meanwhile. the Star Online reports that there were Indonesians, French, Belgian and Canadian passengers on board.
4.50am: Highlights from press conference by PM Najib Razak:
-The Ukrainian government says there will be a full, thorough and independent investigation into the crash and Malaysian officials will be invited to take part.
“If the plane was indeed shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must swiftly be brought to justice”.
- Ukrainian authorities believe the plane was shot down. “ We must and we will find out precisely what happened to this flight”.
- Flight route was declared safe by ICAO. IATA has stated that the airspace was not subject to restrictions. MAS confirms that the aircraft did not make a distress call. MAS is in the process of notifying the next of kin of the passengers and crew. All possible care will be provided to the families.
- Government will be sending special flight to Kiev with a special disaster assistance and rescue team and a medical team.
- Najib and Obrama want international teams to have full access to the crash site and no one should interfere with the area or move any debris including the black box.
- “This is a tragic day for what has already been a tragic year for Malaysia. I canont imagine what they must be going through in this painful time. The passenger and crew came from many different countries but today regardless of nationality we are all united in grief."
3.30am: A social media site attributed to a top Ukrainian rebel commander suggest the separatists shot down the plane by mistake, believing it was a large Ukrainian army transport plane. Read in full.
3.15am: A spokesman for the Ukranian government says the incident would be investigated as a 'criminal case' and not a terrorist case.
CNN reporter Noah Sneider in Ukraine describes the scene as gruesome with bodies splayed out. Says plane exploded in the air, bodies rained down in pieces. "Huge metal pieces but for most up, everything is burned up'. The debris field may be five kilometres wide.
4.50am: Highlights from press conference by PM Najib Razak:
-The Ukrainian government says there will be a full, thorough and independent investigation into the crash and Malaysian officials will be invited to take part.
“If the plane was indeed shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must swiftly be brought to justice”.
- Ukrainian authorities believe the plane was shot down. “ We must and we will find out precisely what happened to this flight”.
- Flight route was declared safe by ICAO. IATA has stated that the airspace was not subject to restrictions. MAS confirms that the aircraft did not make a distress call. MAS is in the process of notifying the next of kin of the passengers and crew. All possible care will be provided to the families.
- Government will be sending special flight to Kiev with a special disaster assistance and rescue team and a medical team.
- Najib and Obrama want international teams to have full access to the crash site and no one should interfere with the area or move any debris including the black box.
- “This is a tragic day for what has already been a tragic year for Malaysia. I canont imagine what they must be going through in this painful time. The passenger and crew came from many different countries but today regardless of nationality we are all united in grief."
3.30am: A social media site attributed to a top Ukrainian rebel commander suggest the separatists shot down the plane by mistake, believing it was a large Ukrainian army transport plane. Read in full.
3.15am: A spokesman for the Ukranian government says the incident would be investigated as a 'criminal case' and not a terrorist case.
CNN reporter Noah Sneider in Ukraine describes the scene as gruesome with bodies splayed out. Says plane exploded in the air, bodies rained down in pieces. "Huge metal pieces but for most up, everything is burned up'. The debris field may be five kilometres wide.
3am: Relatives of passengers onboard flight MH17 have started to gather at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here to check on the fate of their loved ones. More.
2.49am: Pakatan leaders express shock, pray for those on board flight MH17.
2.49am: Pakatan leaders express shock, pray for those on board flight MH17.
2.43am: A CNN expert says there was an 'in-flight breakup', similar to the Challenger Shuttle explosion in the 1980s.
2.24am: PM Najib Razak expresses shock over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Read.
2.24am: PM Najib Razak expresses shock over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Read.
2.16am: A rebel leader said Ukrainian forces shot the airliner down. Ukrainian official said their military was not involved.Details.
2:12am: U.S. President Barack Obama promises that the U.S. 'will offer any assistance it can'. "Our thoughts and prayers are with all the passengers," he said.
1.59am: A video taken in Russia showing what is believed to be flight MH17 going down.
1.59am: A video taken in Russia showing what is believed to be flight MH17 going down.
1.56am: Sky News reports that flight MH17 was in a restricted area, unsuitable for civilian aircraft.
1.34am: Number of dead from crash is more than 300, the Interfax news agency says, quoting interior ministry advisor.
1.27am: Netizens react to tragic news of crashed MAS plane, just over four months since flight MH370 disappeared.
1.21am: The black box from flight MH17 has been reportedlly found 60km from the Russian border, reports CNN.
1.16am: Reuters reports that at least 100 bodies were found at the crash site.
1.10am: The New York Times reports that Ukraine’s president Petro O. Poroshenko was calling for an immediate investigation of the crash and did not rule out that it might have been shot down.
12.58am:
12.40am: MAS says it lost contact with MH17 at 1415GMT (10.15pm Malaysian time); the Boeing 777 was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members.
12.31am: A Ukrainian official said a plane carrying 295 people was shot down over a town in the east of the country. Malaysia Airlines said on its Twitter feed that it "has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow.". Details here.
12:15am: Ukraine's Interior Minister says a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet has been shot down over Eastern Ukraine. PM Najib says he's shocked over the news and that Malaysia is investigating the matter. The plane was allegedly carrying 295 passengers when the incident occurred.
The flight was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam and was flying over the area that's the scene of fierce fighting between Russia and Ukraine. Early reports here.
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