grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Yikes. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has crashed in Ukraine, on the border with Russia, with 295 people onboard. Ukraine's interior ministry says the plane was shot down by a missile. ... A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane with 295 aboard was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in Ukraine near the Russian border a day after a Ukrainian military jet was downed, Fox News has confirmed. The Boeing 777 enroute from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down at cruising altitude, according to Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine's Interior Minister. He said it was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew, all of whom were killed. A Reuters correspondent near the scene reported seeing burning wreckage and bodies strewn across a nine-mile debris field. A Ukrainian Emergency official told the news agency body parts and at least 100 bodies were seen in the area. The incident touched off immediate finger-pointing between Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government. Eastern Ukraine separatist leader Alexander Borodai told Reuters that Ukrainian military forces shot the jet down, but Kiev denied involvement. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Wow, really bad year for Malaysian Airlines. Surprised they were flying over that area. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'm flying into Turkey next week......a little too close for comfort Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 lots of articles about not talking about how many flights going over places like this. Best not to have known!! Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Victims Netherlands: 189 Malaysia: 44 Australia: 27 Indonesia: 12 UK: 10 Germany: 4 Belgium: 4 Philippines: 3 Canada: 1 New Zealand: 1 Irish: 1 American Citizen: 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Well at least there might be some really good deals on Malaysian airlines over the next few months! Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I was reading at bodies have been looted. FFS! Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 A few stories also about families losing people in both of the Malaysian Airlines tragedies. Can you imagine that? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I was reading at bodies have been looted. FFS! Oh my..... what a world... Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Happens more often than you'd think at major disasters...ask any cop or firefighter Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Ya...I imagine there is but that's some callous $hit scrounging around a disaster site. But then again the people around there probably aren't exactly living the good life....tough times I'm sure. Still though... Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Wonder how all this will play out..... Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 A lot would seem to depend on the lovely Mr Putin. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Apparently two Newcastle fans were on the plane. The team are on tour in NZ and they were going there to see the games. Anyway, the fans of our big local rivals Sunderland have had an online whipround, and they've raised getting on for twenty thousand pounds. There's been a lot of bad blood between the clubs in recent years, so it's a fantastic gesture. It won't bring the lads and the other victims back, but it might bring back some faith in humanity. Something that well needed after incidents like this. Nice one Sunderland fans :thumbsup: :thumbsup: 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Big Al 16 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 +1 Mr Wiggles. What an excellent effort and display of decency. Your post will remain with me whenever I watch a Sunderland game on TV. Excellent ! Just excellent !! Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 That is cool. But what a taihen grim story in the background. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 What's the whip round for Mr W? Such a horrible situation Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I feel like going on a rant about Russia.....but it's too hot and I'm too damned tired. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Oh go on Chriselle. Turn on the aircon and give it a go! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I see in the news another plane has crashed an air algeria plane. What is with all the plane crashes this year? My wife is actually flying at this very moment. The three of us will be flying next month. Must be one of the worst years in a long time for plane crashes/dissaperance. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yeah not filling me with any confidence....I fly on Saturday Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Safe travels folks Don't forget the beer /kebabs reports. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Oh go on Chriselle. Turn on the aircon and give it a go! Nah...I might blow a head gasket. BUT.....haven't they done enough F'ing up of everybody's $hit over the past half century or so?? Knock it off you piece of crap lowlifes..!! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 that's a two way street tho Chris.......its not JUST the Russians Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I don't know Tubby, maybe. But damn, Lenin, Stalin, East Berlin, the cold war, Cuba, ....on and on and on... Just think of all the money afforded by the rest of the world just to keep the cold war "cold"... The actual numbers are unfathomable.. Even the mental toll. I grew up in the Soviet era and everything was about the Soviets.. music, movies..etc.. And the weird thing is they all kind of seem to get a free pass...like no accountability. I think there should be a LOT more judging. And now...Russia..is such an unregulated POS country yet again infecting the rest of us with their filth ...ala Putin. Link to post Share on other sites
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