Section: Malaysia
MH17: Ukraine fighting prevents crash site visit despite Malaysian deal with separatists
DONETSK: Fighting around the site of the Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine prevented a visit by international experts today, although Malaysia said separatists had agreed to allow in international police and investigators. …read more Source: New Straits...
Stronger rules needed on flight paths: Malaysia Airlines official
LONDON: The commercial director of Malaysia Airlines today called for a complete overhaul of the way flight paths are deemed safe following the downing of flight MH17 by a suspected missile over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Rebels prepare train carriage with luggage
DONETSK: Rebel leaders in east Ukraine said on Sunday that a train carriage filled with the personal belongings of the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 had been handed over to Dutch officials. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch experts headed to crash site
THE HAGUE: A team of 30 Dutch forensic experts headed today to the crash site of flight MH17 in rebel-controlled east Ukraine, Dutch officials said, despite intensifying fighting in the area. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Malaysia secures agreement for international police deployment to crash site
Malaysia has secured an agreement with Ukrainian separatists, who control the area around the MH17 crash site, to allow a group of international police personnel to enter the area in order to provide protection for international crash investigators. …read more Source: New Straits...
A painful Raya for many
KUALA LUMPUR: THIS year’s Syawal would not be easy for the next of kin of the passengers and crew who died in the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash in Ukraine on July 17. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Grieving relatives at crash site as Dutch, Australia ready troops
GRABOVE: The first relatives of victims on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived on Saturday at the crash site, as Dutch and Australian forces prepared for possible deployment to secure the location in rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Rohani urges employers to be flexible with next-of-kin of victims
PUTRAJAYA: Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim has urged employers to be flexible with the next-of-kin of passengers and crew who were on board the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 aircraft which crashed in Ukraine on July 17. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukrainian gov’t assures probe to continue despite PM’s resignation
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ukrainian government today gave the assurance that the investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine would go on despite the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk last Thursday. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Human remains still at crash site: Australia PM
SYDNEY: More that a week after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 came down in rebel-held eastern Ukraine human remains are still at the crash site, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
