Section: South Africa
News24.com | Ukraine, Egypt, Japan win UN Security Council seats
Ukraine, Egypt, Japan, Senegal and Uruguay have won non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for 2016-17. …read more Source:...
Russia refutes MH17 crash report
Russian Ambassador to Malaysia Valery N Yermolov refuted the investigation report of the Dutch Safety Board on flight MH17. ||| Kuala Lumpur – Russian Ambassador to Malaysia Valery N Yermolov refuted here on Thursday the investigation report of the Dutch Safety Board (DSB), which alleged that the crash of flight MH17 was caused by the...
Flight passengers go eyeball to eyeball with fighter jet pilot
PASSENGERS aboard a Birmingham-bound flight were left terrified after it was intercepted by a fighter jet in a dramatic mid-air alert. The plane drew so close to the Monarch Airlines aircraft that passengers could see the pilot’s face. It happened on Monday when Flight ZB983, from Madeira, lost contact with air traffic controllers in French...
SA family find comfort in MH17 report
The family of Durban-born MH17 air crash victim, Cameron Dalziel, said they felt some comfort hearing that he died quickly. ||| Durban – The family of Durban-born MH17 air crash victim, Cameron Dalziel, 43, said on Tuesday they felt some comfort after news that those on board the shot-down plane lost consciousness within seconds of it being...
News24.com | Russia appeals to UN aviation body to open new MH17 probe
Russia has appealed to the UN aviation body to open a new probe into last year’s downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over the eastern Ukraine, the chief of the Russian aviation agency says. …read more Source:...
Soldier killed in east Ukraine despite truce with rebels: military
A soldier has been killed in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine in the first such casualty among government forces in a month, Kiev said Wednesday. …read more Source: The New...
MH17: killer still elusive
The grieving families of the victims of flight MH17 can draw little comfort from the final report into the tragedy. ||| The Hague – The grieving families of the 298 passengers and crew murdered aboard flight MH17 can draw little comfort from the final report into the tragedy. The Dutch Safety Board confirmed on Tuesday what most had...
MH17 report reopens wounds
The family of Durban helicopter pilot Cameron Dalziel, the only South African to be killed when a Malaysian Airlines aircraft was shot down in the Ukraine, says the release of the report into the disaster has brought back sad memories. …read more Source: The Sunday...
News24.com | MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments
A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine has told the graphic story of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. …read more Source:...
No blame assigned in MH17 report
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, a Dutch probe has not pointed fingers at any particular party. ||| Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final...
