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MH17 Goes Down on 17.7.2014

Its official the Malaysian Airline's (MAS) Boeing 777-200ER flight MH17 wreckage has been found in the town of Torez, Donetsk, East Ukraine.The plane was from Amsterdam at 12:15PM (10:15GMT) and bound to Kuala Lumpur.

Will there be justice?

Lots of news online but here are links to Time, Newsweek and theStar.
From news reports, the Dutch leaders appear to remain calm. Malaysian papers are heating up news with its reporting in Utusan.

What we know one day after the incident;
Crew List
Source: thestar.com.my
  • MH17 lost contact at 14:15GMT, at about 50Km from the Russian border.
  • The plane was shot down at an altitude of over 10,000m (about 33,000 feet)
  • Total of 298 passengers were onboard
  • Malaysian crew total 15.
  • Malaysian passengers 43
  • Ukrainian government denies involvement in that shooting
  • Pro-russia separatist, under support of Russia confirmed shooting down the plane
  • The emergency beacon position is 48 7:32 North 38 31:33 East, as reported in theStar and Xinhua  
Satellite view 17.7.2014 at Earthdata.

The actual flight path and planned path is shown below;
Deviating into disaster. Source: New Straits Times 21 July 2014
May their souls rest in peace.(List by nationalities)
  • Dutch (including 1 dual Netherlands/U.S. citizen) 193
  • Malaysian (including 15 crew, 2 infants) 44
  • Australian 27
  • Indonesian (including 1 infant) 12
  • British (including 1 dual UK/South African citizen) 10
  • German 4
  • Belgian 4
  • Filipino 3
  • Canadian 1
  • New Zealander 1

Who did it? Time will tell (Time)

Possible suspect is the Bulk surface-to-air system, with SA-11 or SA-20 missile(s) that can reach 22,000m (72,000 feet). These are advance ordinance.

Was the plane right to fly over a known war zone? Malaysian Transport minister statement has defended this but an analysis indicate FAA had aleady directed USA planes not to fly that region.  https://news.yahoo.com/malaysia-flight-s-chosen-route-through-dangerous-hot-zone-not-unusal-183619177.html

 Coincidental Facts
  • MH17 is a Boeing 777
  • Flight brought down on 17.7.2014
  • First flight 17.7.1997 (See planefinder)
  • Age is 17 years
  • Flight course moved to 117 degrees when entering Ukraine (See climateviewer)
  • The moon phase from Pisces has moved into the first day of the Zodiac sign for Aries (See Lunaf) 
  • Exactly 18 years ago on 17 July 1996, TWA Flight 800 a Boeing 747 explodes in New York, killing 230 onboard.  (See twa800 )

Source: http://planefinder.net/data/aircraft/9M-MRD
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