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All 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board the Malaysia Airlines plane perished after the plane was shot down by pro-Russian rebels.

Nine Brits were among the dead and an investigation into the disaster is already underway.

Debris from the wreckage, including broken pieces of blue and red striped plane wings, have been scattered across an area up to 15km (nine miles) in diameter.

"There was a loud bang. I got scared because it sounded so close. I looked up and there were black bits raining down in every direction," said a witness, who gave his name only as Vladimir and said he had been working nearby in his tractor.


"Then I saw the plane hit the ground and break in two. There was thick black smoke," he said.

The aircraft was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down by Russian forces after a Buk surface-to-air missile struck it.


There are suggestions the plane was mistaken for a Ukrainian transport plane.
Ukraine has been gripped in a stand-off with Russia since February when former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted.
The tragedy comes only months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8.


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