北京时间7月17日晚间，马来西亚航空一架从阿姆斯特丹飞往吉隆坡的777客机在乌克兰靠近俄罗斯边界坠毁。乌克兰方面表示，客机遭地对空导弹击落，机上人员全部遇难。
U.S. officials have confirmed to several media outlets that the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane that crashed near the Ukraine-Russia border Thursday was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
美国官员对多方媒体证实，周四在乌俄边界坠毁的马航客机遭地对空导弹击落。
此次坠机事件的相关词汇表达有：
Shoot down a passenger plane 击落民航客机
surface-to-air missile 地对空导弹
The origin of the missile remained unclear. 导弹发射方尚不清楚。
deny responsibility 否认对此负责
avoid Ukrainian airspace 避开乌克兰领空
portable air defense missile 便携式防空导弹
All flights should be rerouted 所有航班均需改道
Long-range missile 远程导弹
Ukrainian military and pro-Russian rebels accuse each other of shooting down the plane 乌克兰军方和亲俄分裂分子互相指责对方击落客机
air traffic control 空中交通管制
plane wreckage 飞机残骸
Buk missile launcher布克导弹发射器
passenger nationalities 乘客国籍
passenger manifest 乘客名单