Malaysia Airlines confirms air traffic control lost contact with MH17

Malaysia Airlines issued a statement early Friday saying Ukrainian air traffic control "had lost contact with flight MH17", which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

In its statement, Malaysia Airlines said Ukraininan ATC lost contact with its Boeing 777 "at 1415 (GMT) at 30km from Tamak waypoint, approximately 50km from the Russia-Ukraine border."

"Flight MH17 operated on a Boeing 777 departed Amsterdam at 12:15 p.m. (Amsterdam local time) and was estimated to arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6:10 a.m. (Malaysia local time) the next day," the airline said.

The flight was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew onboard. — JDS, GMA News