The type 's fifth hull-loss occurred on July 17 , 2014 when a 777-200ER , bound for Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam as Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 ( MH17 ) , broke up in mid-air and crashed in the Donetsk province in eastern Ukraine , after being hit by an anti-aircraft missile . All 298 people ( 283 passengers and 15 crew ) on board were killed , making this the deadliest crash involving the Boeing 777 . The incident was linked to the ongoing Donbass insurgency in the region . The official accident report , released in October 2015 , states that airliner was brought down by a Buk missile launched from territory held by pro-Russian separatists
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Boeing 777