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Because they think theyve made a kill of a fighter plane only to learn that it was a civilian airline. >> thats the conflict here. in 83, there were spy planes that had been in the area, the russians clearly thought they were going after a spy plane. it being looks, as we were talking in the first segment, it being looks right now like you have the history of all of these military cargo planes being shot down in the last few months in ukraine, they probably thought they were getting another one ...

This is a malaysian airliner from amsterdam to kuala lumpur which went down over eastern ukraine. 295 people on board. 280 passengers. 15 crew members. this as the crisis with ukraine has been heating up. there have been a number of incidents between ukraine and the separatists as an attempted cease-fire accepted by ukrainian officials, by kiev, failed. and there have been a number of incidents. john cox, the fighter plane that was allegedly shot down only last night, according to ukrainian offi...

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And if it has been shot down by russia, one wonders what is next and what we hear from our own government on this? jon: reminders what happened to the korean airlines flight back in the early 1980s, korean air 007, strayed, for a variety of reasons into russian airspace and shot down by a russian fighter plane. there is discussion here that this was shot down by a missile from the ground. of course, no way to know who may have been operating that missile, if in fact that is what happened. lets b...

>> well, im not good with statistics but im sure the probabilities are, the numbers are very, very high. i mean, honestly most of us didnt think that malaysia airlines was going to survive after the mh370 situation but of course depending upon what caused this aircraft to come down, you know, it is going to change, its a game-changer as somebody said earlier. but again, i think the issue is, who sent the airplane through that airspace? and why in the world did the captain take that route into su...

Missile that downed a ukrainian fighter plane with the pilot ejecting to safety, but the plane was destroyed. now we dont have confirmation of that. but what it is is an indication of the heated war footing that this region is on. its a tinderbox, and an incident like the one today would inflame this region. this is the larger story here. how to contain this so that it doesnt spread. because sometimes wars do get started. we know 100 years ago, for instance, in 1914, world war i was kicked off w...

Might have to reassess, even if was a ukrainian separatist hes got to step down because this is an international incident. >> sanctions yesterday, a plane shot down today. how do you separate the two? >> again, i would be surprised if putin gave a direct order. i think if it were a russian who did it it was probably some commander out in the field who had orders if any planes come from ukraine toward russia, we need to do something about it. they just werent thinking most likely it was one of th...

>> i mean, for, again, i keep coming back to the fact that there were 280 people on board this plane, there were 15 crew members on board this plane, 295 people in all. im not even sure how to ask this question, and maybe just think about how you would answer it. i mean, are they killed instantly? i mean, is -- >> it is a painful question, and it is asked, you know, after each event. on something like this where it appears as though the plane came undone at a high altitude, most likely death wou...

The other plane was a vintage british fighter plane and that was able to safely land after it flew for 40 minutes to an airport. the other plane spiraled out of control and crashed into the bay. debris has been locatessed and its presumed to be from the plane. they were on their way home from this air show when the accident happened. u.s. and european allies expected to step up sanctions on russia. president obama says the goal isnt to go after russian president vladimir putin personally, but ...

Pro-russian militants are gaining ground. this was the scene today in one eastern city. demonstrators there attacked and overran that police station. in many cases police have stepped aside to let demonstrators in. this violence comes after a deadline said by the ukrainian government passed with no action. the acting president had warned of an anti-terror operation if militants didnt surrender. now theres this news coming from the pentagon concerning a russian fighter plane and the "u sr " " "us...