Putin blames Ukraine for loss of Flight MH17 with 298 innocent souls but DOESN'T deny Russian separatists shot it down with missile - as McCain warns there will be 'Hell to pay' Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 shot down over territory held by Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the Ukrainians for not having 'peace' in the land But he did not deny that pro-Kremlin separatists brought down the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur U.S. Senator John McCain said there would be 'Hell to pay' if this was the case Ukrainians called it 'terrorism' and released a recording between a fighter they claimed was a Russian Intelligence Officer and a separatist who apparently shot down the plane and admitted it was 'civilian'
Ukrainian interior ministry says plane was shot down by a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile
Dutch authorities say at least nine Britons, 154 Dutch and 27 Australians are among the dead
Reuters reported earlier that 23 Americans were among the dead but the State Department have not confirmed any
President Obama was criticized for saying it was a 'terrible tragedy' in very brief remarks ahead of a speech Questions over why the flight was flying over Ukrainian airspace in what is effectively a war zone All airlines now saying they are avoiding the area
Graveyard of desecration: Grave robbers. Ghoulish tourists taking pictures on their mobiles. Corpses left to rot: A shocking dispatch from the grim crash site by IAN BIRRELL Several human victims were still stuck in their seats. Others were mangled, mashed and hideously manipulated In one burned patch of grass littered with charred debris lay five crumpled corpses in a heap Some of the 200 staff from Ukraine’s Ministry of Emergency Situations could be seen collecting bodies from the fields Investigators have claimed drunk soldiers stopped them accessing whole site, hindering their investigation The most sickening sight was a young male whose body had been placed in a black body bag - but hadn't been closed
Was it a terror attack? Two people on board Boeing 777 that disappeared over Vietnam were traveling on STOLEN PASSPORTS as missing U.S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur at 12.21am Vietnamese Navy detected emergency signal 153 miles out to sea Flight MH370 declared missing nearly 90 minutes after it was due to land Malaysian Transport Minister said 'no crash site has been found' 227 passengers and 12 crew were from 14 different countries including Malaysia, China, U.S., France, Canada, and Australia Three Americans, including two toddlers, feared dead IBM employee Philip Wood, 51, identified as sole adult American national aboard the missing plane
Two passengers believed to have been travelling on a stolen passports
Aviation expert Chris Yates said the aircraft will not have been carrying enough fuel to still be flying and 'will have crashed' He said the investigation will look at two areas, the maintenance of the aircraft and possible terrorism Vietnamese air force spot two oil slicks suspected to be from the wreckage
