Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) [b] was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces [4][5][6][7] with a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. [8] . More @Wikipedia
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