Pages

▼

18 July 2014

AP PHOTOS: Malaysia plane carrying 298 shot down

Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks about Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 during a press conference at a hotel next to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysia's prime minister said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body.

Aleksandr Borodai, Prime Minister of the self proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic', speaks at a news conference in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 18, 2014. Separatist rebels who control the crash site issued conflicting reports Friday about whether they had found the plane's black boxes or not.
People pray for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at a church outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, sending shockwaves around the world from Malaysia to the Netherlands.
Students of Al Firdaus high school attend a prayer for their guest teacher John Paulissen, showed in the photo in the foreground, who was a passenger on board of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight 17, in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Malaysian jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body.
Father Ng Siang Seng, left, and sister Angline of Hendry, a passenger of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, speak to journalists in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Malaysian jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body.
A boy looks at flowers and items laid outside the Dutch embassy in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners were combing a sprawling area in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border where the Malaysian plane ended up in burning pieces Thursday, killing all 298 aboard.
Dutch riders of the Belkin team wear black mourning bands as they observe a minute of silence for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash in the Ukraine prior to the start of the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 197.5 kilometers (122.7 miles) with start in Saint-Etienne and finish in Chamrousse, France, Friday, July 18, 2014. Most of the victims, at least 173, were Dutch.
A flag flies half-staff at Binnenhof, the seat of the Dutch government, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, July 18, 2014. Flags are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 154 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine.
Flowers are laid outside the Dutch embassy in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners were combing a sprawling area in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border where the Malaysian plane ended up in burning pieces Thursday, killing all 298 aboard.
In this photo taken Thursday, July 17, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and members of his government observe a moment of silence mourning the victims killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane crash on Thursday in Donetsk region of Ukraine prior a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
Students of Al Firdaus high school attend a prayer for their guest teacher John Paulissen who was a passenger on board of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight 17, in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Malaysian jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body.
People pray for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at a church outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, sending shockwaves around the world from Malaysia to the Netherlands.
Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten signs a condolence register at the Ministry of Security and Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, July 18, 2014. Flags are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 173 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday July 17.