--- description: Just the facts about Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in Ukraine. title: Here's Everything We Know About the MH17 Crash image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23da7dbf844263a1/69869c3ad0b6f2bfa530555c/ukraine-6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Brief](/tag/the-brief/) ## The Brief Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # What We Know About the MH17 Crash by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2014 8:41 PM CUT  People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17, 2014. People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17, 2014.Dmitry Lovetsky—AP by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2014 8:41 PM CUT Here’s what TIME knows about Malaysian Airlines MH17 and how it crashed: * Malaysia Airlines tweeted that the flight’s last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. * The flight crashed near the town of Torez in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk. * The Boeing 777 was carrying 295 passengers and crew when it crashed. There have been no reports of survivors. * Ukraine officials say that the plane may have been shot down by Russian-made weapons. * A leader of the pro-separatist group in Ukraine [told TIME](http://time.com/3001932/ukraine-crash-rebels-denial/ "undefined") that rebels did not shoot the plane down, although they have the capability. * Both President Obama and Ukrainian President Poroshenko have called for investigations of the crash. More on the story as it develops. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3002612/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-crash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3002612/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-crash/"},"headline":"What We Know About the MH17 Crash","datePublished":"2014-07-17T20:41:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:12:53.456Z","description":"Just the facts about the MH17 crash","url":"https://time.com/3002612/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-crash/","keywords":["The Brief","#MH17"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23da7dbf844263a1/69869c3ad0b6f2bfa530555c/ukraine-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23da7dbf844263a1/69869c3ad0b6f2bfa530555c/ukraine-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17, 2014.","caption":"People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17, 2014.","creditText":"Dmitry Lovetsky—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-brief/","name":"The Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3002612/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-crash/","name":"What We Know About the MH17 Crash"}}]}] ```