Section: Malaysia
UN proceeds with conflict zone flight plan despite Russian doubts
MONTREAL: The United Nations aviation agency said at a major safety conference on Tuesday it will press ahead with plans to establish a warning system for airlines on conflict zone risks despite reservations from Russia. Aviation officials also rallied behind a plan to track commercial aircraft in a twin response to several Malaysian airline...
Aviation body to disseminate data on war zone risks to flights
Wreckages of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, Ukraine on July 17, 2014 -© AFP/File MONTREAL: The International Civil Aviation Organization said Tuesday it plans to collect all data on flight risks over conflict zones and disseminate this information to airlines, despite reservations from Russia. The measure is...
Aviation body to disseminate data on war zone risks to flights
MONTREAL: The International Civil Aviation Organization said Tuesday it plans to collect all data on flight risks over conflict zones and disseminate this information to airlines, despite reservations from Russia. The measure is a response to the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 last July after being shot down over eastern Ukraine. Kiev and...
Russia sparks UN aviation spat over conflict zone plan
MOSCOW: Russia clashed with Europe and the United States on Tuesday over the aviation industry’s response to the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner, calling for a delay in plans to establish a warning system on risks from conflict zones. A senior Russian official told a gathering of the United Nations’ aviation agency that plans...
Sending arms to Kiev would be big gamble for U.S.
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – By considering giving weapons to Kiev, the United States could be contemplating a risky venture which advocates say would help end the conflict in Ukraine but opponents warn might fan the flames of war. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says to hold talks with creditors after IMF discussions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine will hold talks with its sovereign bondholders only after it concludes discussions with the International Monetary Fund about a new financing package, Kiev’s finance minister said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia to free woman accused of treason over Ukraine – lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities have agreed to the conditional release of a local activist accused of high treason in phoning the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to warn that Russian soldiers might be heading to eastern Ukraine, her lawyer said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Bravado, resentment and fear as Ukraine calls men to war
KIEV (Reuters) – Marina’s brother and a close family friend have both been killed on the frontline in Ukraine’s east. Now she has had to say goodbye to her husband, Ruslan, called up to fight pro-Russian separatists in Kiev’s latest conscription drive. …read more Source: The...
Russia to let woman accused of treason over Ukraine out of detention – lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators have agreed to free from detention a woman accused of high treason after calling Kiev’s embassy in Moscow to say Russian troops might be heading to east Ukraine, one of her lawyers said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Putin is asked to free woman accused over Ukraine embassy call
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Supporters of a Russian mother of seven, accused of phoning the Ukrainian embassy to warn that Russian soldiers might be heading to east Ukraine, petitioned President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to let her go home while awaiting trial for high treason. …read more Source: The...
