Section: Indonesia
Malaysia Airlines Retires MH17 Flight Code
Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Airlines said on Sunday that it would retire flight code MH17 as a “mark of respect” for the 298 people killed in a jet crash in violence-wracked eastern Ukraine. The daily Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur service will instead take on the code MH19 from July 25. “In light of the recent incident, Malaysia...
Rebels to ‘Guarantee Safety’ of Crash Monitors if Kiev Agrees Truce
Donetsk. A top Ukrainian rebel leader said on Sunday that the pro-Russian fighters will guarantee the safety of international monitors at the Malaysian jet’s crash site if Kiev agrees to a truce. “We declare that we will guarantee the safety of international experts on the scene as soon as Kiev concludes a ceasefire agreement,”...
Ukraine Says Rebels Destroy MH17 Evidence as Battles Flare
Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence of “international crimes” from the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner that Kiev says militants shot down with a missile, killing nearly 300 people. Fighting and artillery barrages flared near the Russian border in the hours after President Barack Obama...
Interpol team heading to Kiev to help identify crash victims
Investigators from the international policing organisation Interpol and its European counterpart Europol will go to Ukraine to help in the process of identifying victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, Europol said on Saturday as quoted by Reuters. …read more Source: ANTARA...
Malaysia PM confirms step-grandmother aboard doom flight MH17
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Saturday confirmed that his step-grandmother was on board Flight MH17 that was downed over Ukraine en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. …read more Source: ANTARA...
Australia to Summon Russian Ambassador Over Crash: PM
An armed pro-Russian separatist stands on part of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on July 17, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Maxim Zmeyev) [Updated at 9:10 a.m. on Friday, July 18, 2014 in Jakarta] Sydney. Australia will on Friday summon the Russian...
Malaysian Jet Shot Down by Surface-to-Air Missile: US
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH17 with the registration number 9M-MRD flies over Poland from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in this April 12, 2012 photo. (Reuters Photo/Tomasz Bartkowiak) Washington. A Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile Thursday but it was unclear who fired the...
Burning Wreckage, Bodies Scattered After Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Ukraine
[Updated at 12:10 a.m. on Friday, July 18, 2014] Grabovo, Ukraine. Dozens of bodies were scattered around the smoldering wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed in a field in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, a Reuters reporter said. An emergency services rescue worker said at least 100 bodies had so far been found at the scene, near the village of...
Ukraine says Malaysian airliner shot down, 295 dead: Agency
A Malaysian airliner was shot downover eastern Ukraine by militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official was quoted as saying by Interfax-Ukraine news agency. …read more Source: ANTARA...
Ukraine leader says Malaysia jet may have been shot down
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that the Malaysia Airlines jet that crashed over rebel-held eastern Ukraine may have been shot down. …read more Source: ANTARA...
