Piers Morgan Suspects Malaysia Flight 370 Was Also ‘Shot Down’
CNN’s initial breaking news coverage of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash in Ukraine has mostly stayed away from drawing parallels to that other Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared earlier this year. Beyond mentioning the “coincidence” that both planes were operated by the same airline, hosts and experts on that network have avoided speculating on a connection.
But former CNN’er Piers Morgan has not hesitated to do just that on his Twitter feed. Shortly after news broke on Thursday morning, he sent out this series of tweets:
Another Malaysia Airlines plane crashed????
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 17, 2014
BREAKING NEWS: 295 passengers feared dead after Malaysia Airlines plane went down in Ukraine. Multiple reports it was shot down. Surely not?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 17, 2014
If someone really has shot down a passenger plane in Ukraine, consequences will be huge. Major story developing.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 17, 2014
And if this Malaysia Airlines was shot down, chances of the same having happened to previous one dramatically increased?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 17, 2014
Given nobody has a clue what happened to first missing Malaysia Airlines plane, not sure how any theory can be ruled in or out?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 17, 2014
Horrendous for the people of Malaysia, having to go through this all over again.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 17, 2014
RELATED: Bill Nye Helps Piers Morgan Decode Possible Satellite Images of Missing Plane
Reports that the plane was shot down have not been confirmed by Malaysian officials, but according to one adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, the plane was flying at 33,000 feet when it was hot by a missile fired from a Buk launcher, which can reach up to 72,000 feet.
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