meters. >> this is very much an ongoing investigation but certainly huge shock, particularly for malaysia airlines. ,> we know now that aeroflot deutsche, lufthansa, air france, delta airlines completely isiding that airspace as pretty much every airliner after this incident. what is the reaction from leaders in russia? and also the rest of europe. >> i will give you two examples. , people suffering death on the plane. the first is angela merkel, who is shocked and demands a swift, independent inquiry. i'll be slick president vladimir -- he blames the ukrainian government directly. -- obviously president vladimir putin. they have agreed that the crash site evidence will stay in place. angela merkel mentioning about the shock. there were 154 dutch on the plane. the dutch prime minister mark rutte says he is shocked and devastated. there were 27 australians on the plane. it is unspeakable crime if the plane was shot down. david cameron with comments about the nine britons, shocked and saddened. >> this is a very popular flight path for europeans are people who travel from europe to asia. -- you areo

can malaysia airlines get past a double blow like this, and i might add should it be able to? l, it is a huge public relations and image issue, and there are some real issues about the airline that need to be looked into, but the country of malaysia will have a flag carrier. that's not going to go away. will the government rename the airline? perhaps. will this be like, you know, a change of name that changes the perception? i don't know. i can't imagine malaysia not having a flag carrier, so i guess the question is, there will be some sort of malaysian airline in the future, and what will it be named. >> yeah, value jet after it crashed had a different name. this goes less to the carrier than the air safety regulators. there was a warning for flights above eastern ukraine up to 32,000 feet, and it was flying at 33,000 feet. >> in retrospect, i find troubling it was announced russia closed the air route which would have been the continuation of the air route this flight would have been using and that apparently happened hours before the flight, and the question is why did not e

we understand that to be the crash site of a malaysia airlines boeing 777. eportedly on a flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur in malaysia. it was traveling through russian airspace we understand and then started to descend for reasons as yet unknown. it ended up on the ground we believe in ukraine. of course russia and ukraine have been at each other's throats in recent months. whether this is some kind of a military attack, some kind of a revenge shoot-down, we do not know but malaysia airlines is confirming that there has been quote, an incident. that is all they are saying. the airport where this thing took off apparently is refusing to comment. you might recall back when malaysia airlines, that malaysia airlines flight disappeared over what we believe to be the indian ocean you might are recall that malaysia airlines was very slow on releasing information. it is perhaps no surprise all they're saying there has been an incident but that's all we know right now. we hate to get too far out on a him what happened to this particular jet. jenna: definitely, w

we begin with the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17, who did it? ible for the loss of 300 lives on board an airliner. the plane at 33,000 feet one

you have shown solidarity backing malaysia airlines. to what happened to mh 370 were malaysians were pretty critical about how the airlines and the government were handling the case. they are standing together as a nation. they're also pretty much in shock. to aviation disasters in such a short. of time. short period of time. >> doing him how much they have ? en getting >> the malaysian delegation has been having no access whatsoever to the crash site. the foreign minister arrived in --v yesterday with a team of there's a broader delegation of about 132 or 133 experts, forensic experts, also people dealing with recovery. they have been trying to gain access to do their own independent investigation, but they have had no access. has appealed for access. was some access, but only for 75 minutes. not enough time to do a proper examination of the crime scene. that pro-russian rebels have been controlling the area and they have been seen to be digging through the evidence. it takes us back to what happened in 1991 when a plane crash in thail

they are operating at a loss before malaysia airlines malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared and now lawsuits totaling millions of dollars. in 2001 a russian plane was shot down by a ukrainian missile killing 78 people. in 1988 a u.s. war ship targeted a war ship plane, 300 people were killed. in 1983 a flight was brought down byceiveiate missile, killing -- by a soviet missal. >>> members of the bay area ukrainian community said today's crash focuses the spotlight on that conflict in the region. >> i feel like before it was -- [ indiscernible ] >> people were like there are -- [ indiscernible ] >> something going on in ukraine. 50 soldiers died. [ indiscernible ] >> right now they are 298 people dead from the airplane and they are all non-military people. i think that is a international conflict now. >> people gathered in san francisco today following news of the crash and everyone said at this point they support the theory that separatists accidentally shot down the jet thinking it was a military jet. our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. you can see more video and pictures of th

up to this press conference, malaysia airlines released the full passengers manifest. malaysia mourns the loss of all 298 passengers and crew. we feel for their families and we promise to do all we can to ensure that the investigation is completed and justice is done. on the investigation, malaysia is deeply concerned that -- has not been properly secured. the integrity of the sign has been compromised and there are indication that -- has not been preserving peace. interfering with the scene of the crash, any action that prevent us from learning the truth about what happened to mh17 cannot be political. failure to stop such interference would be a betrayal of the life that we lost. malaysia calls for all parties to protect integrity of the crash site and to allow investigation to proceed. we urge all those involved to respect the families and the nations have lost their sons and daughters in this attack. yes, mh17 has become a political issue but we must not forget that it is a human tragedy. scenes the plane went down. the remains of 298 people lie uncovered. citizens

for the next five days, anyone holding a ticket for malaysia airlines anywhere in the world, even if it is nonrefundable, they will allow you to refund that ticket. if it is for travel this year because the airline is acutely aware of the scrutiny and also the nervousness of some of the people who may be boarding a plane over the next few months or so. but we're also expecting today, hala, is some news. in about 90 minutes we are expecting a news conference with transport minister here in malaysia. we are expecting to hear a growing drum beat from this country, just as we're hearing from other international governments, that they want access to the site. what's driving this today is that many of the people, the malaysians aboard this plane, in the next 24 hours critical for the islamic faith. they want access to the bodies. they want the bodies treated properly according to religious customs. there is certainly going to be that drum beat added from this country. hala? >> for malaysia airlines 370 there were complaints from some of the passengers, relatives and loved ones, that malaysi

malaysia airlines. it was a 777.t takes place among some of the worst airline incidents ever recorded. it comes 18 years to the day, that twa flight 800 crashed in 1986. that was a fuel tank explosion. but there's within examples of hostile actions taking down commercial jets. and we get more on that from nbc's kate snow. >> reporter: it was september 1st, 1983. the height of the cold war. >> the united states accused if soviet union of shooting down a jumbo jet. >> reporter: days later, president reagan addressed the nation. >> i'm coming to you tonight about the korean airline massacre. the attack by the soviet union against 269 innocent men, women and children, aboard an unarmed korean passenger plane. >> reporter: korean airlines flight 007 was supposed to fly from new york city to seoul, stopping over in anchorage, alaska. but it drifted offcourse and headed towards soviet air space. soviet jets fired warning shots that were ignored. the target is destroyed. everyone onboard was killed. a tragedy that further en

the notice cannot cover the airspace where the malaysia airlines jet crashed. the malaysian prime minister today said the plane's route had been considered safe. today after the plane went down, other aircraft began to avoid the region, as seen on this flight radar map. the faa has announced u.s. planes will also stay out of the airspace. no airline in the world has gotten as much scrutiny over the last four months as malaysia airlines. since march, along with the malaysian government, it's been part of an international effort to find its missing jetliner, mh-370, which disappeared from radar with 239 people on board. it was en route to beijing from kuala lumpur. it's now believed to have crashed in the southern indian ocean. nypically, investigators try to get to the scene as quickly as possible, but, scott, in this case, because it's a war zone, it's unclear if and when a u.s. team of investigators will go to the crash site. >> pelley: our transportation correspondent jeff pegues. thank you, jeff. this comes on the anniversary of another air disaster. 18 year

malaysia airlines is now trying to weather a second aviation tragedy just four months after the disappearance of mh370 with 239 people on board. not only been tarnished, but the airline has been losing money, $1.3 billion over the past three years. peter greenburg is the cbs news travel editor. >> their bochings are flatlined. their future bookings are not even on the radar, if you'll excuse that expression. and that's whaepg is it's going beyond that. >> reporter: just last month in a speech, the company's c.e.o. vowed to rebuild the airline, but that was, of course, before thursday's crash. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> axelrod: moving now to the middle east where an israeli ground invasion of the palestinian territories is undel travel to the region tonight. we have reports from both gaza and tel aviv. we'll start in gaza with holly williams who reports 46 more people were killed by israeli bombs today. >> reporter: the israeli military pounded the gaza strip with airstrikes for a 12th day. the ground offensive is so far limited in scale. today, we drove to within a mile of gaza's

malaysia airlines says a number of the passengers were dutch. others came from usa trail y belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, southeast asia and the united kingdom. the nationalities of 20 other passengers have not been verified. the 15 crew members were all malaysians. the airline is saying it will do whatever it can to help those victim ifs. >> malaysia airlines is trying to get to the next of kin. >> and many of the passengers on board that flight were headed to this weekend's international aids conference in melbourn, australia. and among the victims was a world renowned researcher and medical pioneer. tracking data shows the jet liner was hit by a missile as it was flying at 33,000 feet up in the air. and again u.s. officials are saying that the ntsb and the fbi may play a role in this investigation. that is new information coming out. we will continue to track any new developments on the investigation. for now we are live in the newsroom alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a special notice from the faa has been issued banni

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a malaysia airlines 777 wide body from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. u.s. intelligence has concluded it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. it came down in pieces without a distress call. the wreckage landed in the middle of a war zone. 298, the revised number of souls on board, all feared dead. it is almost too early to think about the international ramifications of this. hours after the crash came the news from gaza. israeli soldiers, ground troops, infantry, armored mechanized combat engineers, all on the move in a ground invasion in the gaza strip. we are going to stay on the air for an hour tonight. if your nbc station does not carry our second half hour, it will stream live on our website. with our team in place, we begin our coverage tonight with the downing of this commercial airliner. the second disaster for this airline and emerging human disaster, of course, for the loved ones of those on board. tom costello has been covering all day from our washington bureau. hey, tom, good evening. >> hi, tom. hi, brian. intelligence sources confirming

has yet to be verified. >> i'd like to emphasize here we are a caring company. >> reporter: malaysia airlines defended the decision to fly over a region where rebels rhav been targeting military planes. on that particular day, we were not the only airline which was flying that route. it's a common route. >> reporter: malaysia airlines says the victims came from nearly a dozen nations. there is no official word yet whether there were any moarns on board. susan -- americans on board. susan mcginnness, cbs news, washington. >> there was confirmation that one person on board had two dual citizenship. he is american and dutch. his name was lucas smith. the majority of the people, though, on that mawrn air -- malaysian airliner were from the netherlands. a statement from the ambassador said the dutch government is doing all it can to gain some clarity for the victims' families and it's pressing for an independent and tranarent international investigation as is the president after this shocking disaster. >>> a british family scheduled to be on board that malaysia airlines flight 17 says they feel li

not looking good for malaysia airlines. >> 10 malaysia airlines survived this incident?> it will be difficult. we know they will only last one year. they said that it will help in the rescue. other commercial carriers have been down. 1988, we knew to that a bomb had caused the tragedy. it took 11 years. they did not survive today. it is no longer in operations and a different story for another care your -- carrier. a flight was gunned down by a soviet warplanes. part of the incident is still mysterious and they have survived the incident. >> thank you. this is playing across regional markets today. what is happening? is trading higher and everything else is falling at this point. if things stay the way that they are, there is a silver lining. aey will be able to have small weekly gain. maintain a weekly gain. past 30 minutes or so have had gold prices come down a highs bit compared to the and we are now at 113. despite a little bit of weakness , we see a lot of gains across the gold. there should be indexes over here. we had some the biggest gainers here. i want to point

>>> let's get to the latest now on the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17.ted states says the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over eastern ukraine. there's no word yet on who was responsible, but ukrainian officials blame pro-russia separatists. the boeing 777 was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur with 298 people onboard. wreckage was strewn across fields near the russian border. the crash prompted a change in flight routes for other commercial airlines, which are now being routed away from air space over eastern ukraine. >>> now to the other major and still developing story, that is israel's invasion of gaza. officials say the immediate goal is to destroy tunnels used by militants to infill rate the jewish state, but also to stop hamas rocket fire targeting israel. the night sky lit up over northern gaza as this invasion was launched on thursday night. israel had warned residents to clear out ahead of time, difficult for many of them who didn't have anywhere to go. the israeli military says it is hitting hamas hard by land, sea, and air,

through a nine-mile-long trail of debris in eastern ukraine to figure out exactly what happened to malaysia airline flight 17. this morning malaysia's prime minister urged everyone to stay away. >> no one should interfere with the area or move the debris. >> the boeing 777 traveling from amsterdam to kuala lumpur flew over. u.s. military intelligence strongly suspects a surface-to-air missile brought it down. they'll now examine the aircraft for thaefd the jet's skin was punctured by a high-speed impact. pro-russian separatists and others are blaming each other for the downed crash. they've got reportings. cbs news couldn't verify the recording but a voice is heard saying we just shot down a plane. >> as things stand, this looks less like an accident than a crime and if so the perpetrators must be brought to justice. >> all 298 people on board died including three infants and several prom namts aides researchers who were headed to an international conference in melbourne. now, military analysts and some here on capitol hill are speculating that pro-russian separatists mistook this aircraft for you

officials at malaysia airlines are dealing with their second major disaster this year. another plane took off in march on route to beijing and disappeared. this time airline officials will have to manage under different circumstances. more from nhk world. >> reporter: the crash occurred about 50 kill almost torometers boarder. many ethnic russians reside here. some people made efforts to join russia after it annexed crimea in march. ethnic russian residents announced the formation of the donetsk people's republic and seized government buildings in the region in april. the region has been a base for prorussian militant groups. earlier this month in the same area a ukrainian transport plane was shot down and three found dead. that was followed by the downing of a military jet in the same region o crew and dozens of soldiers on board. the ukrainian governmed pro-russ after the malaysia airlines tragedy, president petro poroshenko strongly condemned the act. >> translator: this plane was brought down. it's not an accident, not a catastrophe, but a terrorist act. >> reporter:

malaysia airlines is giving each family $5,000 for their immediate expenses.mong the victims victims dozens of activists headed to a conference. ktvu's david stevenson spoke to a friend of one victim who said it will have a major impact on how the bay area responded to the aids -- responded to the aids crisis. >> reporter: it is impacting what will happen at san francisco's aids walk this weekend. >> reporter: amid the smiles and preparations for san francisco's aids walk thursday's crash of malaysia airlines flight 17 weighed on organizers. >> very much on everyone's minds. everyone is horrified. >> reporter: delegates to the international aids conference in australia died when the plane was shot down. among the victims a dutch scientists, a leading hiv expert who left behind ties to the bay area. >> there was a disbelief, anger moment. >> he learned of his death yesterday. he visited san francisco's aids operation early on. >> a lot of discussion was with physicals and nurses to -- physicians and nurses to talk through yeah, i am afraid too. it is scary. her

malaysia airlines says it's investigating the crash. during a preplanned phone call between president obama and russian president vladimir putin, the russian leader noted toward the end of the call early reports of a downed passenger jet along the ukranian-russian border. craig boswell cbs news, washington. back to you. >> russian president vladimir putin called president obama to inform him of the crash. the white house has offered assistance to the ukranian government in the investigation. kpix 5's anne makovec is live at sfo right now. how are people reacting to the crash there? >> reporter: a lot of tense passengers, especially here at the international terminal. some of them just getting off flights and learning about the news through word of mouth. what has your friend said. are you sure you want to go on a plane? kind of crazy right now, especially overseas. >> reporter: norris wong heading nervously now to shanghai. >> i have to go to work. i have to pay the bills. >> reporter: others hadn't heard but now have it in the back of

this video captured the fire just moments after the malaysia airlines boeing 777 fell in pieces from the sky. smoke bill load from a village held by ukrainian rebels, about 25 miles from the russian border. wreckage, body parts and personal belongings were scattered over miles. flight 17 took off from amsterdam at 6:30 eastern time this morning bound for kuala lumpur, malaysia. less than four hours into the flight, it disappeared from radar. the 295 people on board included 280 passengers and a crew of 15. some of their relatives gathered at airports in amsterdam and kuala lumpur where the plane had been scheduled to land about 6:00 eastern time this evening. we have a team of correspondents covering this rapidly-developing story. first to national security correspondent david martin at the pentagon. david? >> reporter: scott, one of the scenarios investigated is the rebels were trying to shoot down a ukrainian military transport plane and hit the airliner by mistake. this is the missile system the ukrainian government says shot down the malaysian airliner. it is a sophisticated weap

the very latest on our continuing coverage of the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17. team of special investigators from malaysia arrived in kiev to try to work out just what happened to the plane. >> it's still unclear when the delegation with 131 personnel will be able to visit the crash site in eastern ukraine. the delegation's team leader has said negotiations must still take place before investigators can get access to the crash site. >>> well, of the 298 who died in the crash, 15 of them were crew members. they were all malaysian citizens. >> earlier i spoke with the father of one of them. we were told his son, a flight attendant, was not originally scheduled to work on flight 17. mr. singh, my condolences for the loss of your son. must be incredibly difficult to deal with this, knowing he wasn't meant to be on that flight. that he swamped out with another colleague. do you know why he did that? >> yeah, he did that because he wanted to come home to be with his parents, so he could get extra leave. he swamped the flight with another colleague. >> this comes just

malaysia airlines has lost contact of mh-17 from amsterdam.ast known position was over ukrainian airspace. more details to follow. that again is confirmation from malaysia airlines they have received no communications from this flight in some time and gives a sense of geography we have been talking about in ukraine. we believe it's eastern ukraine, near the russian border. it's on that strip between amsterdam and kuala lumpur where the flight was going. i want to bring in chad myers right now to discuss this flight path. give me a sense of how this thing was going and where it was headed. >> looking at flight aware, we have been able to see the plane was at about 33,000 feet doing about 468 knots, planned for 480 but probably a little head wind, no issue there. out of amsterdam here and flying across ukraine. flight aware lost contact with the plane here. crashed on the eastern border of ukraine. let me take you to yesterday, we'll take you to the same flight, because these flights are regularly scheduled. that's one thing we talked about, how

malaysia airlines was traveling from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it was shot down. officials say they have so-far recovered 181 bodies and we do understand the airline will try to help the victims families. there are still quite a number of other people that are unaccounted for. 298 people total on board that flight. 173 of them were dutch. and this was the scene in kiev. mourners have created a shrine. other passengers on board came from usa trail y belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, and the united kingdom. and the other nationalities are still being verified. a representative from malaysia airline says the company will give the family members of each passenger an initial $5,000 payment. >> reporter:. of the passengers on board the flight were heading to this weekends international aids conference in melbourn australia. ias says that conference in australia will go ahead as planned this weekend to honor the victims memories. live in the newsroom alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >> a special notice from the faa has been issued banning all american air carriers f

be- officials have begun sifting through the wreckage of malaysia airlines flight 17. a grim reminder that 298 people were killed. there's concern the rebels who control the site are hampering their efforts. >> we were only given a very small area to actually monitor. and we were greeted almost with hosility. >> evidence suggests the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile. >> this was a global tragedy. dzá information. >> at the u.n. security council meeting today, the ambassador suggesting the rebels had to have help from the russians. >> it's unlikely they could operate the system without assistance from knowledgeable personnel. ukraine says they have evidence, intercepted phone calls, this one discussing moving a missile over the border

malaysia airlines had a list of passenger as cording to their nationality. more than half were from the netherlands and another 40 from malaysia. the malaysian prime minister said we must and we will find out what happened. >> no stone will be left unturned. if it conspires that the plane was, indeed, shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must swiftly be brought to justice. >>> reaction continues to pour in from around the world. nbc's tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: amateur video from eastern ukraine captured the thick, black smoke billowing from the wreckage. on the ground, the intense fire left a scorched landscape. the distinctive markings left little doubt this was a malaysia airlines boeing 777. this video shows the actual plane shortly after it took on the at 12:30 european time. nearly three hours later ukrainian aircraft controllers lost contact with the plane. the ukrainian government quickly said the plane had been hit by a surface to air missile at 33,000 feet. at the time the plane was over contested territory in eastern ukraine o

this air disaster over ukraine, again, involves a boeing 777 flown by malaysia airlines. the same type of wide body aircraft and the same airline as flight 370 which has vanished, still without a trace, over four months ago. we get a report on that aspect of this story tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: the pain and ang glish for surviving family members of any airplane crash are raw. i need you to help me find my son, this mother cried. i just want to see my son. her son was on malaysia airlines flight 370 which disappeared on march 8th in route to kuala lumpur to beijing. those same families are now offering condolences to another group, the loved ones of mh-17 saying on their facebook page, our hearts reach out to them. for struggling malaysia airlines it's two lost flights in four months, 534 lives. reaction on twitter, shock and surprise. unreal, one tweet says. malaysia airlines crash again. >> how do you convince people to fly your airline anymore when you've had not one but two terrible tranl difficults in such a short period of time? >> reporter: mh-370 rem

malaysia airlines says it's considering a rebrand. a reputation overall. director writes, our majority shareholder, the malaysian government has already started a process of assessing the future shape of our business, and that process will now be speeded up as a result of mh-17. >> they need to do it quickly, color schemes need to be different, the name needs to be different, everything has to be different. they need a program they can put into place within 90 days. >> industry insiders say the airlines turnaround must also focus on more than image. the airline can't scratch the surface, it has to look deeper into its own corporate culture for the sake of its passengers. >> what needs to be done now is malaysia airlines needs to look closely. if they're going to survive, they're going do look closely at their safety culture. they're going to have to open their minds to looking at hazards they would have never expected. >> thank you so much. we'll be right back. n regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk t

it's also a message shock for malaysia airlines. yet the national carrier is cherished at home. uch so that malaysians like these men won't give up on it, despite all the grief and damage done to malaysia abroad. >> i'm proud and i still feel proud of mas. >> reporter: now the government, john, is focusing very much on the investigation and calling for access to that crash site and the crash site remain untampered so the investigators can do their job. this is the focus here in malaysia, but as it continues to -- we continue to see these scenes of families being shielded from the media, newspapers reporting, again, tragic stories. it won't be just for malaysia, it will be in so many countries. again, stories like a family of four children traveling home from their new home in amsterdam, coming back to malaysia, tragically sending up pictures on their facebook pages, the luggage they are piling up ready for their big trip back home and tragically, they will never, ever get here, john? >> there was so much criticism of officials from malaysian airlines the way they handled 370. are

washington is pointing the finger at russia for downing the malaysia airlines plane in ukraine. welcome back. the untop story -- and security council is calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza as the bloody violence continues. gaza health officials say the death toll among palestinians from the israeli military offensive has now reached more than 500. also, israelis say some 10 palestinian militants were killed while trying to infiltrate israel via a tunnel. the un security council is calling for an immediate end to hostilities between the two sides. let's cross to gaza to speak to gallagher fenwick. you have just been at a location where another family was killed during an airstrike. tell me, what did you see? >> exactly. i am in the center of gaza, and it is precisely where a strike occurred earlier today, killing about a dozen people who were caught under the rubble of a house. moments ago in this very densely populated and poor area of gaza, we witnessed a similar scene with about 12 missiles launched by an israeli f-16, over some of the houses which a right behind us. i

a lot of questions ongoing, specifically who is responsible for shooting the plane and why malaysia airlines chose this route. >> the airline was criticised br after the last plane went down, and there's criticism about this route and why the airline took the route. what is the airline saying about that, if anything? >> wep heard from the prime minister -- we heard from the prime minister saying it's an approved route. many are plying it. the u.s. government in april of this year told its carriers, american airlines and others to avoid the route because it was a hot spot over the ukraine, and there was a threat that planes could be shot down. one aviation expert in the e.u. said it's a case of saving cost. more direct routes means less fuel and more profits for airlines. we know that due to the first airline tragedy malaysia airlines had been suffering a great deal in terms of profits. they have been making huge losses, if it comes to light that this was a decision based on economy, ut imagine the criticism coming from families, we don't know why malaysian airlines chose this route. we are h

i was thinking it shouldn't have been malaysia airlines again. >> malaysia seemed to sum up the feelings. what he said earlier today we are all united in tragedy. for now live in northwest d.c. >> we go to pat lawson muse at the live desk with the ripple effect. >> we have a new statement from the faa saying all u.s. based carriers have agreed to avoid the air space near the russia/ukraine border including the area where the malaysia airlines flight went down today. you can see on a recent screen grab from then line flight radar 24 tracking website that there is a clear gap in flight paths over that area. other international airlines avoiding ukrainian air space include klm, royal dutch, turkish airlines and virgin atlantic. in april the faa told u.s. air carriers to stay out of air space in thatregion due to the crisis in ukraine but that particular zone did not previously include today's crash site. within the last hour malaysia's prime minister said the route taken today had been declared safe by global aviation authority. back to you. >>> the u.s. markets are keeping a close eye on w

the burning wreckage is all that is left of the malaysia airlines flight 17. 298 people upon board.resident obama confirmed at least one american. quinn lucas schansman, a dual sit continue and many aids workers heading to australia for a conference. among them glen thomas from the world health organization and a dutch researcher, one of the leading authorities on the virus. >> it is going to be a huge impact. some people that worked closely with him, people in his lab and on the society as a whole. it's an incredible loss. we're all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. it's unbelievable. it's not really real yet. >> right before takeoff one of the pilots sent his wife a text message taking he would be home shortly to her and hi two children. ijze a student studying in the u.s. going on vacation with her boyfriend. >> it is disbelieve i am expecting her to pop up on facebook saying she is ok. >> and the chilling picture, with this caption. if it disappears, this is what it looks like. and he and his girlfriend now among the dead. and a

downed malaysia airline flight. ukraine americans hold an i am passioned -- i mean rally along the parked way.ns hold an i am >> four people are hurt when a car and fire truck collide. >>> meteorologist chris sowers is outside with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. what is this, ten weekends in a row with fantastic weather. >> reporter: it will be ten weekends in a row of dry weather. it will be more humid as we move into sunday, there will be cloud cover this weekend, most of us should stay dry. 72 degrees presently in philadelphia. low humidity levels. wilmington, 69. millville, 66. sea isle city, 66. poconos 60 degrees, actually dropped into the upper 50s -- upper 40s, low 50s. it was chilly couple of days ago. trenton, 64, reading 65. lancaster, 65. we have moisture to the west moving toward the north away from the delaware valley. we'll pick up the cloud cover, the sun should shine through a lot of high, thin clouds, for the most part we're looking at a mostly cloudy day. we'll see a high of 82 whic

now they're trying to get more information from malaysia airlines. katy tur has that part of the story. >> reporter: bouquets and candles outside with flowers. inside the shop empty and closed with a sign on the door that reads "on holiday." the owners were on mh-17. on its personal facebook page shilder joked about his malaysia airlines flight. should it disappear, this is what it looks like. >> 30 years old and they earned a vacation. it's a young couple, always laughing and always together, hard work and now they're gone. >> reporter: the netherlands hit especially hard. 173 of the 298 passengers onboard were dutch, including many headed to the 20th international aids conference in melbourne, australia. among them former ias president, joep longa. >> no researcher goes to a medical meeting ever thinking that their plane is going to be shot down. this isn't irony, it's cruel and it's a loss to the scientific world. >> reporter: this morning flights were taking off as usual but the shadow of the crash loomed large, especially for this man about to b

personal items uncovered at the crash site of that downed malaysia airlines jet. now accusations of evidence tampering. good evening, i'm juliette goodrich in for ann notarangelo. >> and i'm brian hackney. the dutch tonight are demanding full access to the malaysia airlines crash site in eastern ukraine, as david begnaud tells us -- >> reporter: the wreckage of malaysia airlines flight 17 is still smoldering. 48 hours after it was shot down over eastern ukraine. emergency crews removed some of the remains of the 298 people killed. separatist rebels control the area where the wreckage is scattered across miles of farm fields. and there are reports that rebels are stealing from the dead. picking through some of the victims' personal belongings. >> malaysia is deeply concerned that a crash site has not been properly secured. >> reporter: the only american on board was 19-year-old quinn schansman born in new jersey but moves to the netherlands. >> as a parent you just hope that none of the children -- or the grandchildren they all go before you. and now it has happene

shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must quickly be brought to justice. >> reporter: malaysia airlines was hit by another tragedy earlier this year. in march, one of its airliners carrying 239 passengers and crew members disappeared en route from kuala lumpur to beijing. the aircraft remains missing. the prime minister najib says it's been a tragic day for malaysia. the latest incident involving malaysia airlines is sending another shock wave across the country. shoko matsumoto, nhk world, kuala lumpur. >> all right, shoko. thanks for that. now, military analysts are busy trying to figure out exactly what happened. we spoke with bonji ohara, a security analyst and former navy captain with japan's self-defense forces. he says russia's buk surface-to-air missiles are capable of causing such an accident. >> translator: the buk missile has a range of 30 kilometers and can hit an object 22 kilometers in the air. aircraft flying at 10,000 meters are easily within range. i believe the former soviet republics were equipped with the missile. i can't deny the possibility that russia has provided

malaysia airlines has faced some tough questions about the decision to fly over ukraine, much of which is controlled by pro-russian separatists. recently, airlines have chosen to fly around the troubled airspace. but this morning an airline official pointed out this flight path had been approved by the international civil aviation organization. >> other airlines would fly through. [inaudible ] this is a tragic incident. it could have happened to any of us. >> there were a total of 298 people on board that flight. malaysia airlines says 173 of them were dutch. mourners have created a shrine outside of the dutch embassy in kiev. other passengers on board came from australia, belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, southeast asia and the united kingdom. this was the scene in kuala lumpur as relatives of some of those on bord arrived at the airport there, many in tears. a short time ago a representative from malaysia airlines said the company will be giving the families of each passenger an additional $5,000 payment to help them during this difficult time. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news.

malaysia airlines identified 11 countries that lost citizens in yesterday's tragedy. by far the country that lost the most people was the netherlands. more than half of the people on board the flight were dutch. to really get an idea of just how much of an impakd this was for the country, samantha power, u.s. ambassador for the u.n. tweeted the scale of the disaster is to horrific the number of victims relative to total population is the same for the netherlands as 9/11 was for the u.s. >> outside a florist in the tulip growing west of holland, the flowers pave the road. here, they're mourning the shop's owner and her partner who left a note saying they'll be back from holiday soon. and another chilling good-bye message. on his facebook page, as he boarded his flight yesterday, he posted a picture and wrote, in case it disappears, the plane looks like this. more haunting images were posted by a student from amsterdam. "i'm feeling a bit nervous" he wrote, as passengers stowed their luggage. two hours later, they'd be dead. >> condolences poured in for the dutch victim

did a missile take out malaysia airlines flight 17?t is question number one for these investigators to try to figure out and these photos that we're really seeing for the first time today could shed some light on the answer. because what they show, these are different pieces of wreckage from the plane pierced by these little small holes. when you talk to some analysts, it is what you would expect to see if the plane was hit by a warhead on an sa-11 missile, the same kind officials think could have hit flight 17. david soucie is a safety analysis and author of "why planes crash." when you see those holes, does that look like shrapnel to you? >> i have never seen an aircraft shout down by a missile, i have to say -- >> thank goodness for that. >> but what i did see was something entirely different than the holes that you see here. they were tight state general. they sliced through these metal. these are not like that. this is puncture of objects going through that aluminum and pushing the aluminum back as it goes through. so the obama ot

new details about the deadly malaysia airlines crash in ukraine.. key clues about who was responsible. the deadliest day yet in the conflict between israel and hamas leaves 2 americans de. coming up, the latest on u-s efforts to stop the violenc join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 ,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. in the mideast, heavy fighting pushes the palestinian death toll in gaza to more than 500. 20 israelis died including two americans fighting for the israeli army. and in ukraine search teams have found more than 250 bodies from the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17 and there's new fighting reported between government and rebel forces in eastern ukraine. >>> the federal aviation administration is trying to determine why a hot air balloon struck power lines in central massachusetts and exploded into flames. the crash was caught on cell phone video. >> oh, my god. >> call around an ambulance. >> call 911. >>> at least fiv