A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was allegedly shot down while flying over Eastern Ukraine on Thursday. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 had 298 people on board traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. United States officials are saying the surface-to-air missile that took down the massive jetliner came from pro-Russia separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
President Obama on Friday confirmed that at least one American citizen was killed in the disaster.
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