The Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Boeing 777 aircraft was on its way to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam, carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew members when it crashed in Ukraine, believed to have been shot down by pro-Russian separatists.

Flight MH17 was last detected in Ukrainian airspace close to the border with Russia.

Up to its last flight, the 9M-MRD had logged more than 43,000 hours of flight time.

Here is a timeline of events leading up to the incident.

MH17 - What happened so far