Malaysian jet crashes in Ukraine (in photos)

[barack obama]

Four months after the tragic disappearance of a Malaysian jet in the Indian Ocean, a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 crashed in eastern Ukraine killing all 298 aboard. According to Ukrainian and US officials, the plane was shot down by a Russian-made antiaircraft missile. Along with coping with this devastating loss, tensions increased in the region setting off even more concerns internationally

People inspect the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17. A passenger plane carrying 298 people was shot down as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane

A woman, who said she believed her sister was on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, cries as she waits for more information about the crashed plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang July 18

An Emergencies Ministry member walks at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17. The Malaysian airliner flight MH-17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine and sharply raised the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides

An armed pro-Russian separatist stands on part of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17

A woman with a child walks past the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17

An armed pro-Russian separatist takes pictures at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17

A relative walks past members of the press as he arrives at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, July 17

Fire engines arrive at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine, as the sun sets July 17

A Malaysian woman who had a relative on board the Malaysian Airlines MH17 reacts to messages on her mobile phone as she waits to travel to Kuala Lumpur International Airport from Singapore's Changi Airport July 18.

People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17

People light candles at the Malaysian embassy for victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine, in Kiev July 17

Self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the pro-Russian separatist "Donetsk People's Republic" Alexander Borodai (C) stands as he arrives on the site of the crash of a malaysian airliner carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine, on July 17.

Flowers lie on debris from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 plane which was downed on Thursday near the village of Rozsypne, in the Donetsk region July 18. World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

People pray for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at a church outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 18

A body lies on the ground close to the site of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo, in the Donetsk region July 18.

Wreckage from the nose section of a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 plane which was downed is seen near the village of Rozsypne, in the Donetsk region July 18

 

[barack obama]

Liu Ling, whose husband was onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which disappeared on March 8, cries during an interview with Reuters in Beijing July 18. The loss of MH17 is the second devastating blow for Malaysia Airlines this year, following the mysterious disappearance of Flight MH370 in March, which vanished with 239 passengers and crew on board on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Liu said she "felt more terrible after hearing about Thursday's incident and is now more certain that MH370 did not crash because the downed MH17 showed how a crash should look like

Belongings of passengers on the site of the crash of the Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur a day after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine.

Ukrainian coal miners wade through a field of sunflowers as they search the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, July 18. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners were combing a sprawling area in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border where the Malaysian plane ended up in burning pieces Thursday, killing all 298 aboard

Ng Siang Seng, left, and Angline of Hendry, father and sister of a passenger of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, speak to journalists in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 18.

A man covers a body with a plastic sheet near the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, July 18

Debris and bodies of passengers of Boeing 777, Malaysia Arilines flight MH17, which crashed during flying over the eastern Ukraine region near Donetsk, Ukraine, July 18

 

[barack obama]

A Ukrainian police officer ties a white ribbon to a stake to mark human remains found in a field on July 18, in Grabovka, Ukraine

People react in front of the Netherlands Embassy in Kiev where flowers have been laid on July 18, in tribute for the 298 people who died after flight MH17 of Malaysia Airlines crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine

A woman walks past a body covered with a plastic sheet near the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, July 18

A woman walks at the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, eastern Ukraine, July 18

A woman lights a candle in front of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev on July 17, to commemorate passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17

A couple walks to the location where more information will be given regarding the Malaysia Airlines plane crash at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, the Netherlands on July 17