Graphic photos have begun to emerge after a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed in eastern Ukraine with 295 passengers on board.
An adviser to the Ukraine Interior Minister said separatists shot down the passenger plane with a Russian-made Buk ground-to-air missile system.
There were reportedly 295 people on board (280 passengers and 15 crew) when it crashed in Torez, about 25 miles from the Russian border. There were 23 Americans on the flight. There were no survivors of the crash.
Warning: Some of the images below show bodies in the wreckage.
A woman, who said her name was Noraini and that she believed a relative of hers was on Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17, cries as she waits for more information about the crashed plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang July 18, 2014. Fires continue to burn at the site of the crash.
Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in a field.
People stand near the debris.
Emergencies Ministry members work at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region.
Burning wreckage at the disaster site.
An armed pro-Russian separatist stands at the site of the plane crash.
There were reportedly 295 people on board the plane when it crashed, including 23 Americans.
The area, about 25 miles from the Russian border, is a stronghold of pro-Russian rebels who are fighting the Ukrainian army.
Emergencies Ministry members worked at the site of the crash.
Putting out fires on the ground.
Here's a photo of the Boeing 777 Malaysian Airlines aircraft with the registration number 9M-MRD in Vienna in 2005. This is reportedly the plane that crashed Thursday morning in Ukraine.
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