The Malaysia Airlines crash over Ukraine: what we know and don't know

Malaysian Airlines plane MH17, carrying 295 people, crashed over Ukraine. The Ukrainian interior ministry saysthere are no survivors. This has the potential to become a serious international crisis if the plane was shot down by either the Ukrainian government or Russia-backed separatists that are currently fighting in eastern Ukraine. In such a tense situation, it's often easy for people to lose track of what we actually know and don't know about the crash. So here's a list of what's confirmed and unconfirmed. This will be updated as the day goes on, so keep checking in here for details. What we know MH17 crashed in Ukraine with 295 on board, and Ukrainian sources say there appearto be no survivors. MH17 was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The plane crashed near the Russia/Ukraine border, in eastern Ukraine, per the New York Times. This is not the same Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared on March 8th. That was MH370; this is MH17. Ukrainian officials are blaming pro-Russia separatists for the crash."A civilian airliner travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has just been shot down by a Buk anti-aircraft system," Ukrainian Interior official Anton Gerashchenko saidto Interfax-Ukraine news. Rebels are denying responsibility. "We simply do not have such air defense systems," they're quoted as sayingin a tweet from New York Times reporter Ellen Barry sourced to Interfax. Obama and Putin have already discussedthe MH117 crash, per Ria Novosti. What we don't know Whether the plane was shot down or a crash. There's no hard evidence either way. We don't know who was responsible. Whether the rebels have the capability to shoot down a plane flying at 30,000 feet.