Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
MH17: She’s a good daughter, father of crew recalls
SEREMBAN: Father of the flight attendant in flight MH17 that crashed in Ukraine last night said his daughter often calls him every time she flies to overseas including in her duty to Amsterdam. …read more Source: New Straits...
Some Asian carriers quit Ukraine airspace months ago
SEOUL: The Malaysian airliner apparently shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine was flying over airspace that a number of other Asian carriers abandoned months ago because of security concerns. …read more Source: New Straits...
Contact lost with plane
KUALA LUMPUR: A MALAYSIA Airlines Boeing 777 jetliner crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border last night, wire reports and witnesses said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Najib shocked over plane crash reports
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has expressed shock by the reports over Malaysia Airlines’s flight MH17’s crash in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
‘We did not shoot down plane’
KIEV: UKRAINE’S president says his country’s armed forces did not shoot at any airborne targets, after reports that a Malaysian Airlines plane went down over Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting
UNITED NATIONS, United States : The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Friday to discuss the crash of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, officials said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Downing of plane unspeakable crime: Aust PM
SYDNEY, July 18 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said if the downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine was a criminal act, then “it is an unspeakable crime.” …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: United in grief, full statement by PM
SEPANG : Yesterday evening, I was informed of the terrible and deeply shocking news that a Malaysia Airlines jet went down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Sombre moment as PM Najib briefs a distraught nation
SEPANG: As Muslims rose this morning for Sahur ahead of the 20th day of Ramadhan, Datuk Seri Najib Razak was getting ready to officially break a “terrible and shocking” news unfolding several hours earlier in a troubled corner of Ukraine./ …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: UN chief Ban urges full probe over crash
UNITED NATIONS, United States : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for a full international investigation of the Malaysia Airlines disaster in east Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
