MH17: One of five commercial airliners shot down in aviation history


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 13 Oct 2015

International investigators have concluded that doomed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch daily says - AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 in Ukraine on July 17 last year is the fifth involving a commercial airliner in recent aviation history. 

All 283 passengers and 15 crew on board the Boeing 777 aircraft perished in the tragedy. 

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