Malaysia Airlines Crash: What Happened? | Mashable

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down in Ukraine near the country\\'s border with Russia. *The number of people on the plane has.\\r\\n\\r\\nMalaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board. Oe big looming question remains, whose responsible for shooting down the plane? The flight departed.\\r\\n\\r\\nJuly 17 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed Thursday near the Russia-Ukraine border, killing all souls on board. President Obama said his national security team is working.