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Tracking Flight MH17 in Google Earth

July 23, 2014

Last week, Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people on board. While blame is still being passed around for the crash, there are some places using Google Earth to try to better understand what happened.

First is the photo below, found via Twitter, which is using Google Earth to show the path of the flight, the path of the missile, and the crash site. At this point I’ve not been able to find a KML file for this image, but the image itself is rather striking:

MH17 in Google Earth

Next is a series of images of the crash site, provided by DigitalGlobe. As they often do after a major news event, DigitalGlobe was able to capture imagery of the crash site to help document it from the air. They were unable to capture imagery on July 17 due to cloud cover, but have some from a few days around it.

MH17 DigitalGlobe

They’ve also released two KML files to show some of the imagery:

  • Pre-crash KML
  • Post-crash KML

That info comes to us from Amy Svitak at Aviation Week, who has a full article with more photos that is worth checking out.

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Filed Under: Flying Tagged With: amy svitak, aviation week, digitalglobe, malaysia airlines, mh17, ukraine

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  1. sneaker says

    July 23, 2014 at 9:56 am

    Google earth should use a Digital Globe of 18.7. of the Region Tores/Snischne.
    1000 of users would find the launcher!
    see https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1278239551/bellingcat/posts/919158
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1278239551/bellingcat/posts/919158

  2. Steven says

    July 24, 2014 at 11:05 am

    This new imagery looks cool! My prayers go out to everyone affected by the crash.

  3. George Stiller says

    July 28, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    If you want to see the actual crash site in Google Earth or Google Map, plot a line along these coordinates:

    Field A: 48°08’56.3″N 38°31’58.9″E
    Field B (end point): 48°08’15.4″N 38°38’17.8″E (photo shown in the above article)

  4. George Stiller says

    July 31, 2014 at 6:09 am

    Based on the debris field data by the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times, This area is where the wreckage was found:

    https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202977755949863934429.0004d2619df65ecb8df46&msa=0&ll=48.133559,38.518066&spn=0.268084,0.676346

    Wall Street Journal: http://graphics.wsj.com/mh17-crash-map/
    nytimes: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/21/world/europe/wreckage-offers-clues-on-why-flight-17-went-down.html?_r=0



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