Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

9M-MRD, the plane that crashed, photographed in October 2011
Shootdown
Date	17 July 2014 (2014-07-17)
Summary	Shootdown
Site	Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine 48°8′17″N 38°38′20″E / 48.13806°N 38.63889°E / 48.13806; 38.63889
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 777-2H6ER
Operator	Malaysia Airlines
Registration	9M-MRD
Flight origin	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Destination	Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Passengers	283
Crew	15
Fatalities	298 (all)
Survivors	0

People on board by nationality^[1]: 27

Nation	Number
Australia	27
Belgium	4
Canada[a]	1
China	1
France	4
Germany[b]	4
Hong Kong	1
Indonesia	12
Ireland	1
Israel	1
Italy	1
Malaysia[c]	43
Netherlands[d]	193
New Zealand	1
Philippines	3
Romania	1
United Kingdom[e]	10
United States	23
Vietnam	3
Total	298

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17)^[f] was a scheduled international passenger flight from Schiphol airport, Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3] On 17 July 2014 the Boeing 777-200ER lost radar contact. The plane was shot down and crashed near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. All 298 people (283 passengers and 15 crew members) aboard died.^[4]

It was suspected by Ukraine that the aircraft was shot down by a ground-to-air missile, fired by Pro-Russian separatists during war in Donbas.^[5] Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called it an "act of terrorism."^[6] The investigation was carried out by the Dutch Safety Board. Fighting delayed investigation, but in October 2018 Dutch investigators said the plane was destroyed as a result of the explosion of a BUK missile.^[7]

1. ↑ Crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 (PDF) (Report). Dutch Safety Board. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2015.
2. ↑ "Statement Malaysia Airlines MH17". KLM. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
3. ↑ "Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine". cnn.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
4. ↑ "Malaysian Plane 'Shot Down' With 295 On Board". Sky. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
5. ↑ "How countries reacted to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17 Crash?". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
6. ↑ "Malaysia Airlines crash: President Poroshenko calls shooting down of Malaysian plane an 'act of terrorism'". The Daily Telegraph. 17 July 2014. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
7. ↑ Weaver, Matthew (2015-10-13). "MH17 crash report: Dutch investigators confirm Buk missile hit plane - live updates". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-23.