Malaysian passenger plane shot down over Ukraine

My microblog notes this evening:

A Malaysian passenger jet was blown out of the sky over eastern Ukraine today. It occurred around mid-day our time, but as of 8:55 p.m., I have not read a story about it yet. I'm waiting for the media to finish with their rush-to-be-first-with-errors period.

It's best to wait 6 to 12 hours after the event has occurred to read a story, which I will call version 1.0. Then wait another 12 hours to read version 2.0. Consuming too much information in the initial hours leads to a confusing waste of time.

At 9:26 p.m., I have tabs open for the following links and will consume in the following order:

Excerpts:

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. There were 298 people on board.
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry says that the plane was brought down by pro-Russia rebels using a BUK surface-to-air missile.

Rebel group the Donetsk People's Republic and the Ukrainian government have both denied shooting it down.

U.S. intelligence has determined that a surface-to-air missile brought down MH17, but has been unable to determine who fired it.

Eurocontrol, the European flight safety body, said that MH17 was flying at flight level 330 (approx. 33,000 ft). The route MH17 was flying was closed to traffic below 32,000 ft. In response to the incident, Eurocontrol has closed all airspace in eastern Ukraine.

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created on Jul 17, 2014 at 08:29:07 pm
updated on Jul 17, 2014 at 08:33:42 pm - #
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