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A Bad Week for Aviation as Tragedies Come in a Cluster
Nearly 300 passengers are killed when their plane is shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. Airlines suspend flights to Israel’s largest airport after rocket attacks. Two airliners crash during sto… …read more Source:...
Malaysia jet probe taps black-box data in hunt for rocket traces
Data from the downed Malaysian jet’s black boxes has been successfully downloaded a week after the tragedy in east Ukraine, with the examination of bodies also under way as crash experts seek evidence of a missile strike.Russia says will cooperate with MH17 probe led by NetherlandsDutch mourn as first MH17 bodies arrive in NetherlandsMH17...
Russia firing artillery on Ukraine troops: US
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday said it had evidence Russian forces were firing artillery from inside Russia on Ukrainian troops, in what officials called a “clear escalation” of the conflict. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukrainian PM quits, parties force new election
Ukraine’s prime minister tendered his resignation on Thursday, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over an increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army financing. …read more Source: China...
MH17: Obama, Rutte agree more sanction needed on Russia
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday and the White House said both agreed on the need to impose more sanctions on Russia for continuing to arm pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine’s PM resigns, complicating MH17 probe
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s prime minister resigned after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the former Soviet state into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Very bad week: Airline disasters come in a cluster
WASHINGTON— Nearly 300 passengers were killed when their plane was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. Airlines suspended flights to Israel’s largest airport after rocket attacks. Two airliners crashed during storms, and yet another disappeared in West Africa. Aviation has suffered one of its worst weeks in memory. Industry...
Ukrainian PM tenders resignation in parliament
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk on Thursday tendered his resignation in the parliament after two political parties withdrew from Ukraine’s ruling coalition. …read more Source:...
Air Algerie jet with 116 on board crashes in Mali
Missing flight: Updated map showing the planned route of the missing Air Algerie flight, AH 5017. (Agence France-Presse)An Air Algerie jetliner carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found near the border of neighboring Burkina Faso — the third major international aviation disaster in a...
MH17: Black box data downloaded, no evidence of tampering
THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators into the shooting down over Ukraine of flight MH17 said Thursday they had downloaded data from the black box flight recorder and that it had not been tampered with. …read more Source: New Straits...
