A Malaysia Airlines flight with nearly 300 people aboard crashed in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday. UPDATED July 18, 2014 4 a.m.
EUROPE SHARE Maps of the Crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 A Malaysia Airlines flight with nearly 300 people aboard crashed in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday. UPDATED July 18, 2014 4 a.m. Flight Was Traveling on Routes That Were Closed at Lower Elevations PUBLISHED JULY 18 TWEET Flight 17 was flying on a route that had remained open and active at higher elevations throughout the conflict in Ukraine. It had been closed up to 32,000 feet, but the plane was traveling 1,000 feet above that. Hours before the crash, Russia had announced its own airspace restrictions near eastern Ukraine, closing below 32,000 feet the route Flight 17 would have taken through Russia. Sources: Eurocontrol; Federal Aviation Administration Flight control zone boundaries Airways Path of Flight 17 The plane was on Airway L980, which has remained open during the conflict in Ukraine. Airways closed h...
