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Rebels shoot a ukrainian helicopter, killing nine. and this week, monday, july 14th, a cargo plane shot out of the sky. then wednesday, a fighter jet shot down. the next day, flight 17 suffered the same fate. were red flags ignored? malaysian airlines says no. >> the flight path taken by mh-17 was approved by the incident every national civil aviation organizations and by the countries whose air space the route passed through. and international air transportation -- >> ukraine authorsed flights ...

Could have been any one of these other aircraft that were flying along there, including a number of western airlines. so, you know, its important not to heed a lot of blame on the maulgsi i malaysian airline or you might think what are we flying over a war zone why aircraft is being shot down. >> who makes that decision? who authorizes this is a safe flight path? and i have to believe at this point it is no longer -- there are no longer planes flying in that path. >> no, of course not. the air s...

Recorded by the passenger posted to instagram before the plane took off. what do you guys make of it? >> it looks like a regular flight that occurs all over the world in a regular day. >> technology is such that -- >> unsuspecting. >> thats what is so chilling about it. its the mundane, you know, preflight instructions. weve all been through this. and then to know what will happen a short time afterwards. richard, you say youve never seen anything quite like this? >> this situation? no. where th...

Investigator in charge, and the chairman of malaysia airlines. on the flight path, on a matter of mh17s flight path, id like to refer to recent reported commands by officer from control. the body which approved the flights path. i got into the "wall street journal" the officials said some 400 commercial flights including 150 international flights cross eastern ukraine daily before the crash. officers from control stated in the two days before the incident, 75 different airlines flew the same rou...

Many were from netherlands to kuala lumpur and others were from the uk, germany, indonesia, belgium, philippines, canada, and new zealand. president obama said the deaths are, quote, an outrage of unspeakable proportions and at least one american is known to have been on board. >> we know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas shotsman was killed. our thoughts and prayers are with the family for their terrible loss. yesterday i spoke with ukraine, netherlands and the american people stand wi...

>> so many questions. >> yeah. and the question which is being raised about the air space is, while it was allowable and, you know, approved by the regulators, was it prudent, a lot of other airlines had avoided that part of the air space. >> ive heard some analysts speculate as to whether cost might have had an implication in terms of -- >> fuel costs. >> exactly, whether that played a role in deciding the flight path. again, more questions, we seek the answers. im isha sesay. >> im john force....

Pro-russian rebels shot down a ukrainian military transport plane killing 49 people. june 24th, rebels shoot a ukrainian helicopter killing nine. monday, july 14, a cargo plane shot out of the sky, then wednesday, a fighter jet shot down. the next day, flight 17 suffered the same fate. red flags ignored? malaysia airlines says no. >> the flight path taken by 17 was approved by the international aviation administration and by the countries whose space they passed through and international transpo...

To bring order anywhere in the world. i should note that these are also deficit holds. one thing i want to ask them, how much is this going to cost and what are you going to take it out of? and i think joan is right. the american people have an understanding of what our legitimate needs are but what our capacity is. this is europe. you guys made a great map of the flight path. i have to disagree with my former colleague and friend, charlie, on the transatlantic trade agreement. charlie doesnt me...

History. condolences to him. hes also heard from russian president vladimir putin who asked him to convey his condolences to if friends and family of the victims. john? >> erin in amsterdam, so much grief. over half the passengers on mh17 were dutch. >> malaysian airlines is taking their duties to notify next of kin seriously. they are going to send 40 staff members to amsterdam to visit with the families and deal with them. back to the big story, a passenger jet shot down over ukraine, hundreds...

Through the smaller radar found this target. they didnt have time to consider the flight path, the trajectory, the altitude and so on. had they had that time they probably would have realized that this was not a military aircraft and would not have fired at it, but as it was, this is all conjecture but i believe this fits the facts as we know them. >> right. >> as it was, they saw it, they launched and only afterwards were they able to determine what they had shot down. >> i want to show people ...