Malaysia Airlines MH 17 sudden shut down has caused immense sorrow and an amount of anger to the families of those who have boarded the said aircraft after it was allegedly attacked by a missile on July 17, 2014.
Two of Malaysia's commercial planes have already suffered a disastrous ending and the different events have been unbearable to the people since many lives have been lost. It can be recalled that flight MH370 went missing way back in March this year after it departed from Kuala Lumpur to China; however, it did not reached its destination after it was no longer detected in the air traffic control hours after it took off. It was later on assumed that it crashed somewhere the Indian Ocean, but what's even worse is that people have not yet recovered from the tragedy and another has come.
A total of 298 people were reportedly on board the Malaysia Airlines MH17 before it was struck down by a missile on July 17. Reports have confirmed that the jet crashed after it was hit by missiles; however, it is not yet known who fired the said missiles. With the said incident, Western leaders were in raged with Russia after some investigations claim that the missile could have come from the country.
As the investigation continues, families of those victims boarding the Malaysia Airlines MH17 were just glad that the remains of their family members will be soon delivered to them despite of what happened. It has been a week after the incident that the remains were finally sent to The Netherlands for identification procedures.
Authorities are still trying to penetrate the crash site after pro-Russian separatists have been reportedly guarding the area, but investigators are still doing their best as they negotiate with the separatists to gain access with the said crash site.
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