After crash, FAA bans U.S flights over eastern Ukraine

After crash, FAA bans U.S flights over eastern Ukraine

The FAA issued a notice banning all U.S. flights from operating in eastern Ukrainian airspace on Thursday night.

The restriction comes in wake of reports that the downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet, which was carrying 298 people, was shot out of the sky.

Follow updates on plane crash in Ukraine on breakingnews.com.

Photo: Emergency officials view the wreckage of the crashed jet in eastern Ukraine. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)

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