Boeing crashes, perhaps killed by a missile in Ukraine: no certainty about the presence of French



Boeing crashes, perhaps killed by a missile in Ukraine: no certainty about the presence of French

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on 17 July 2014 at 17h17, last updated on July 17, 2014 at 10:04 p.m..

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The aircraft of the national carrier of Malaysia crashed Thursday afternoon in eastern Ukraine with 295 passengers on board. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior, he was shot in flight. Ukrainian airspace was closed until further notice.

A Malaysian airliner with 295 people aboard crashed Thursday in  Ukraine . The pro-Russian separatists accuse the Ukrainian forces have shot down the aircraft in flight, that insane Ukrainian President Poroshenko.
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• closure of airspace until further notice. Ukrainian authorities closed all air routes flying over the country, announced Eurocontrol. "All flight plans with these roadsare now rejected by Eurocontrol, "said the manager of the European airspace, which states that" these roads will remain closed until further notice. "
• No certainty about the presence of French in the plane, according to Fabius. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius, said jIn Abidjan he had "no information contrary to what was announced in the presence or absence of French in the Malaysian plane "that crashed in eastern Ukraine. Laurent Fabius had previously announced that four French "at least" were among the passengers on the plane. "We can not give the time when I speak or details about the identity or the cause" of the accident, he told reporters.
• Washington offers assistance to investigate the crash. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday offered to Ukrainian President Poroshenko using the United States to determine the causes of the crash of an airliner Malaysia, said a responsible for the White House.
• A "terrible tragedy," according to Obama. President of the United States Barack Obama lamented on Thursday a "terrible tragedy" after the crash of the airliner Malaysian in the Donetsk region. "This seems to be a terrible tragedy," said Barack Obama. "The United States will provide their full support to help determine what happened and why," he has continued at the beginning of a discourse on transport infrastructure in Wilmington, Delaware .
• "No problem" reported by the crew of the aircraft. Crew Malaysian aircraft has reported "no problem" flying over the Ukraine before crashing, said the head control services Dmytro Babeïtchouk air. "The overview of Ukrainian territory happened without any problem," he explained during a press conference. "The crew reported no problem."
• Holland calls "everything is made ​​to shed light on the circumstances." France demands that "everything be done to shed light on the circumstances that caused" the crash of Boeing , said the Elysee Thursday night. In a statement, President François Hollande expressed his "great emotion" at the news and expressed "any (s) in solidarity" to the families of passengers on the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, which according to the Ukrainian presidency could have been shot.
• 4 French "at least" among the passengers. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius said four French "at least" were among the passengers on the plane Malaysia.Earlier, the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior stated that the total number of deaths was greater than 300, including also 23 U.S. nationals .

• Many bodies in the area of the crash, no sign of survivors. A large number of bodies of the passengers killed in the crash of the airliner Malaysian Thursday in eastern Ukraine are scattered in the area of impact, noted AFP journalists arrived on the scene.Shredded pieces of the fuselage, the tail of the aircraft with the logo of the Malaysian company, as well as luggage, span a large area Grabove village near the city of Chakhtarsk in the Donetsk region. There would be no sign of survivors, according to journalists. Soldiers of the rebel forces and firefighters arrived on the scene.
• A "terrorist act" according Poroshenko.  Ukrainian President Poroshenko spoke Thursday a "terrorist act" about the Malaysian plane that crashed Thursday in eastern Ukraine, said his secretary of the press. "Poroshenko think that the plane was shot down: this is not a problem, not a disaster, but a terrorist act," said Svatoslav Tsegolko.

• Paris asks airlines to avoid Ukrainian airspace. After announcing the crash of the Boeing Malaysia Airlines, the French government called the airlines to avoid the Ukrainian airspace . The French company Air France for its part indicated that there would be no rollover of Ukrainian airspace. Germany's Lufthansa has meanwhile decided to bypass "substantially" Ukraine, while the U.S. Delta Air Lines no longer fly over Ukrainian airspace.    

• Putin and Obama discussed the phone to crash the plane. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Thursday during a telephone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on the plane crash of Malaysia Airlines, fell into the eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a statement. "The Russian president informed the President of the United States a report of air traffic controllers who arrived just before their telephone conversation and indicating that Malaysian plane crashed in Ukraine," it is written in the press .
• Malaysia opens an investigation. The Malaysian Prime Minister said that the authorities opened an investigation into the disappearance of Boeing Malaysia Airlines.  
• The pro-Russian separatist leader accused the Ukrainian forces. Minutes after the announcement of the crash of the Boeing Malaysia Airlines in Ukraine, the pro-Russian separatist leader Alexandre Borodai accused the Ukrainian forces have shot down the aircraft. "Apparently, it'' s actually an airliner, shot by Ukrainian Air Force," said Alexandre Borodai, Head of Government of the "People's Republic" proclaimed Donetsk, the Russian channel Rossiya- 24.
• Probably European victims, French way:

• 295 passengers no survivors. The 295 people on board - 280 passengers and 15 crew members - all died, said the adviser, Anton Gerashchenko. According to Interfax, the device, Boeing, flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters when he was shot. The plane would have fallen into a pro-Russian separatist region. Recent clashes are pro-Russian Ukrainian insurgents and government forces.

• Russia singled out:

• The Ukrainian president does not mean that the plane was shot down.  "This is the third tragic case in recent days, after the aircraft An-26 and Su-25 of the Ukrainian armed forces shot from the territory of Russia " , has said Poroshenko said in a statement from the presidency. "We do not exclude that this aircraft (Malaysia) has been shot and we emphasize that the Ukrainian armed forces have not made ​​shots could hit targets in the air," he adds, before its condolences to the families of victims.
• Disappearance confirmed by Malaysia Airlines. airline has confirmed that its lost contact with one of its planes over Ukraine side. "Malaysia Airlines has lost contact with the MH17 from Amsterdam. His last known position was over Ukrainian space," says the company on Twitter.

• The flight MH17 from the crash site:  
The flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine

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