Malaysia Airlines confirmed that it has lost contact of flight MH17 from Amsterdam on Thursday. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace.
Separately, an advisor to the Ukraine interior minister told AP that a passenger plane carrying 295 people had been shot down in Ukraine. A YouTube video purported to show footage from moments after the plane went down.
Reuters reported that Ukraine's prime minister has identified the shot-down plane as missing Malaysian Airlines flight and has ordered an investigation.