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Ukraine says pro-Russian rebels shoot down two fighter jets near scene of MH17 crash
Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets on Wednesday, not far from where a Malaysian airliner was brought down last week in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers on board. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Plane with MH17 passenger bodies en route to Netherlands
The first plane carrying the remains of victims of crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 took off Wednesday from the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to the Netherlands, local media reported. …read more Source:...
MH17 black boxes arrive in Britain
Two black boxes taken from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have arrived in Britain for analysis, Ukraine’s government investigation commission said Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Black boxes of crashed Malaysian airliner in Britain
Black boxes of crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have arrived in Britain for analysis, Ukraine’s government investigation commission said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Netherlands in mourning as bodies of MH17 crash victims return from Ukraine
Coffins were being brought out on the tarmac of a Ukrainian airport as the first plane carrying corpses from the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 readied to leave for the Netherlands. …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17 black boxes to be analyzed in Britain, victims’ bodies back to Netherlands
The black boxes from the crashed flight MH17 have been handed over to Dutch investigators in Ukraine, and will later be sent to the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) for forensic analysis. …read more Source:...
EU to have fresh sanctions over Ukraine on July 24
The European Union (EU) will introduce a package of further sanctions over Ukraine issue on Thursday, EU”s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton Tuesday said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
ICAO delegation in Ukraine for further analysis of MH17 flight recorders
A delegation of specialists from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, on Tuesday for further analysis of the flight recorders from the downed Malaysian Airlines MH17. …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines plane rerouted from Ukraine in wake of MH17 disaster – to Syria
A no-fly area declared in eastern Ukraine after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is a rare restriction shared with rogue states like North Korea, prompting some airlines to question whether rules for flights over war zones need tightening. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Malaysians rally outside embassies in first major public expression of outrage over MH17
Hundreds of Malaysians demonstrated outside the Russian and Ukrainian embassies in Kuala Lumpur yesterday demanding justice over a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
