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U.S. Officials Believe That Malaysian Airliner Was Shot Down By Missile

NPR
Published July 17, 2014 at 5:09 PM EDT

U.S. officials are saying they believe the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in eastern Ukraine was shot down by a missile. Thomas Erdbrink of The New York Times speaks with Audie Cornish from Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, where the flight took off.

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