298 killed after Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine
Officials from several countries vow to quickly determine who's behind Thursday's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 and the deaths of all 298 aboard.
U.S. intelligence officials confirmed that the crash was caused by a surface-to-air missile near Ukraine's border with Russia, but have yet to determine where it originated. Theincident already is inflaming tensions between the two countries and escalating political rhetoric elsewhere.
Malaysia Airlines said Ukrainian air traffic control lost contact with Flight MH17 about 30 miles from Russia. There were no distress calls as the Boeing 777, carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew, began to break apart as it fell from the sky in the world's deadliest aviation incident since 9/11.
Crash victims and body parts were strewn among burning debris up to 10 miles away. Among the dead: 154 Dutch nationals, 27 Australians, 11 Indonesians, six Brits, four Germans, four Belgians, four French, three Filipinos and a Canadian. Malaysian Air officials have so far not identified any Americans among the passengers, although they cautioned that some nationalities have still not been verified.
The crash site is in Ukraine's war-torn Donetsk region, where political unrest and scattered fighting between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants has festered for months. After the downing of several Ukraine aircraft in recent days, accusations, blame and finger-pointing over Thursday's crash was fevered.
The crash occurred two hours after the flight departed Amsterdam at about 12:15 p.m. local time. It's the second disaster involving a Malaysia Air Boeing 777 this year. On March 8, Flight 370 disappeared with 239 passengers and crew aboard on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bejiing. Despite one of the most extensive searches in flight history, Flight 370 has yet to be found.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO-people
WHEN-no
Keywords：
1. intelligence officials :美國情報局
2. rhetoric 修辭
3. political unrest 政治動亂
4. Amsterdam 阿姆斯特丹
5. extensive 廣泛的
Officials from several countries vow to quickly determine who's behind Thursday's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 and the deaths of all 298 aboard.
U.S. intelligence officials confirmed that the crash was caused by a surface-to-air missile near Ukraine's border with Russia, but have yet to determine where it originated. Theincident already is inflaming tensions between the two countries and escalating political rhetoric elsewhere.
Malaysia Airlines said Ukrainian air traffic control lost contact with Flight MH17 about 30 miles from Russia. There were no distress calls as the Boeing 777, carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew, began to break apart as it fell from the sky in the world's deadliest aviation incident since 9/11.
Crash victims and body parts were strewn among burning debris up to 10 miles away. Among the dead: 154 Dutch nationals, 27 Australians, 11 Indonesians, six Brits, four Germans, four Belgians, four French, three Filipinos and a Canadian. Malaysian Air officials have so far not identified any Americans among the passengers, although they cautioned that some nationalities have still not been verified.
The crash site is in Ukraine's war-torn Donetsk region, where political unrest and scattered fighting between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants has festered for months. After the downing of several Ukraine aircraft in recent days, accusations, blame and finger-pointing over Thursday's crash was fevered.
The crash occurred two hours after the flight departed Amsterdam at about 12:15 p.m. local time. It's the second disaster involving a Malaysia Air Boeing 777 this year. On March 8, Flight 370 disappeared with 239 passengers and crew aboard on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bejiing. Despite one of the most extensive searches in flight history, Flight 370 has yet to be found.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO-people
WHEN-no
WHAT- air crash
WHY- many factors
WHERE-Ukraine
HOW- many factors
Keywords：
1. intelligence officials :美國情報局
2. rhetoric 修辭
3. political unrest 政治動亂
4. Amsterdam 阿姆斯特丹
5. extensive 廣泛的
TERRIBLE!
回覆刪除The government should take responsibility.
R.I.P
回覆刪除hope that will not happen again
How terrible it was! Hope this kind of accident will never happen.
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