Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17 - Were We Caught Napping?
by Ruwantissa Abeyratne
( July 19, 2014, Melbourne, Sri Lanka Guardian) Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 17, operated by a Boeing 777 -200ER aircraft flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on 17 July 2014, and carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew, was shot down by a BUK surface to air missile over Donest Oblast in Eastern Ukraine, while at an altitude of 10,000 meters. It is alleged that the act was carried out by pro Russian rebels, who have flatly denied responsibility. Two thirds of the passengers on board were of Dutch origin. All those on board perished.
