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Officials issue Twitter statements on Malaysia Airlines crash

Officials use social media to share what they know about the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine.
Flames are shown amongst the wreckages of the Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine, July 17, 2014.
Flames are shown amid the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine, July 17, 2014.
By Nisha Chittal, Nisha Chittal

As news broke today of a Malaysia Airlines plane crashing near the Ukraine-Russia border, officials took to social media platforms to issue statements and share the information they know so far.