MH 17
17 Jul 2014 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsMALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 17
Boeing 777-200ER · Malaysia Airlines · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Shot down by a Buk missile over Ukraine
Conflict-zone routing
Airspace risk assessment
Aircraft
Boeing 777-200ER
Malaysia Airlines
Route
Amsterdam–Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands
→ Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Malaysia
People
298 on board
298 fatalities
Date
17 Jul 2014
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
A Buk missile fired from rebel-held Ukraine shredded the cockpit at 33,000 ft. 298 dead — the disaster that rewrote conflict-zone routing rules.