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Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine

Clip: 7/17/2014 | 2m 52s

A Malaysia Airlines plane flying over Eastern Ukraine was shot down by a missile.

A Malaysia Airlines plane flying over Eastern Ukraine was apparently shot down by a missile, according to a Ukrainian interior ministry official. The crew and 295 passengers, mostly Dutch citizens, were all believed dead. Both the Ukrainian government and the separatist rebels who now hold the region where the plane crashed held each other responsible for the tragedy. Gwen Ifill reports.

07/17/2014 | Expired 01/01/1970 | Rating NR

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