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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Contact with the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was lost when it was about 50…

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Aircraft type
Boeing 777-2H6ER[a]
Call sign
MALAYSIAN 17
Crew
15
Date
17 July 2014 (2014-07-17)
Destination
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang District, Malaysia
Fatalities
298

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Aircraft

Passengers and crew

Background

Flight and shoot-down

Recovery of bodies

Aftermath

Investigation

British ISC report

Identification of command figures

Civil cases

Reactions

Russian media coverage

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Nodes311
Edges310
Triples33
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006431
Components1

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

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related to Flight and shoot-down · 11
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Gate, CEST, Friday, G3, It, July, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia Airlines Flight, MYT, On Thursday, UTC
Site · 2
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Aircraft type · 1
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → Boeing 777-2H6ER[a]
Call sign · 1
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → MALAYSIAN 17
Crew · 1
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → 15
Date · 1
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → 17 July 2014 (2014-07-17)
Destination · 1
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang District, Malaysia
Fatalities · 1
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → 298
Flight origin · 1
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
IATA flight No. · 1
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 → MH17

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Aircraft typeBoeing 777-2H6ER[a]1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Call signMALAYSIAN 171.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Crew151.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Date17 July 2014 (2014-07-17)1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17DestinationKuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang District, Malaysia1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Fatalities2981.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Flight originAmsterdam Airport Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17IATA flight No.MH171.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17ICAO flight No.MAS171.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Occupants2981.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17OperatorMalaysia Airlines1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Passengers2831.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Registration9M-MRD1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17SiteNear Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Site.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17SummaryShot down by a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile transported from Russia on the day of the crash1.00infobox
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Survivors01.00infobox

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