Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 people on board and becoming a major international aviation and geopolitical tragedy.

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MH17 2
downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner shootdown
aviation accident
aviation disaster
commercial passenger flight
aircraftDeliveryYear 1997
aircraftFirstFlightYear 1997
aircraftManufacturer Boeing
aircraftModel Boeing 777
surface form: Boeing 777-2H6ER
aircraftRegistration 9M-MRD
aircraftType Boeing 777
surface form: Boeing 777-200ER
airline Malaysia Airlines
callsign MALAYSIAN
surface form: MALAYSIAN 17
category Malaysia Airlines accidents and incidents
airliner shootdown incidents
aviation accidents and incidents in 2014
cause shot down by surface-to-air missile
countryMostVictimsFrom Netherlands
crashSiteCountry Ukraine
crashSiteNear Hrabove
Torez
crashSiteOblast Donetsk Oblast NERFINISHED
crashSiteRegion eastern Ukraine
crew 15
date 2014-07-17
destinationAirport Kuala Lumpur International Airport
destinationCity Kuala Lumpur
destinationCountry Malaysia
fatalities 298
flightLevel FL330
flightNumber Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 self-linksurface differs
surface form: MH17
flightPhase cruise
IATAFlightNumber Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 self-linksurface differs
surface form: MH17
ICAOFlightNumber MAS
surface form: MAS17
investigatingBody Dutch Safety Board
Joint Investigation Team
notableConsequence heightened geopolitical tensions over Ukraine conflict
major international investigation
numberOfVictimsFromAustralia 27
numberOfVictimsFromBelgium 4
numberOfVictimsFromGermany 4
numberOfVictimsFromIndonesia 12
numberOfVictimsFromMalaysia 43
numberOfVictimsFromNetherlands 193
numberOfVictimsFromUnitedKingdom 10
occupants 298
originAirport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol NERFINISHED
originCity Amsterdam
originCountry Netherlands
passengers 283
relatedEvent Russo-Ukrainian War
surface form: Russo-Ukrainian conflict

war in Donbas
route Amsterdam–Kuala Lumpur
survivors 0
weaponType Buk surface-to-air missile system
year 2014

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 IATAFlightNumber Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: MH17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 flightNumber Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: MH17
Malaysia Airlines notableIncident Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 relatedEvent Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
MALAYSIAN relatedTo Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Russo-Ukrainian War significantEvent Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
this entity surface form: downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17