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Malaysia Airlines retires MH17 flight code
Malaysia Airlines on Sunday said it would retire flight code MH17 of the plane that was shot down over Ukraine as a mark of respect for the 298 people aboard, the second time the carrier has done… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM says MH17 not downed by “drunken gorillas”
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in comments published on Sunday that Russia was likely behind the downing of a Malaysian airliner as such an operation takes professionals and not “drunken gorillas”. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17: Ukraine PM says MH17 not downed by ‘drunken gorillas’
BERLIN: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in comments published today that Russia was likely behind the downing of a Malaysian airliner as such an operation takes professionals and not “drunken gorillas.” …read more Source: New Straits...
U.N. Security Council mulls resolution on Ukraine crash site access
The U.N. Security Council is considering a draft resolution to condemn the “shooting down” of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, demand armed groups allow access to the crash site, and call on states in the region to cooperate with an international investigation. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Pro-Russian rebel claims MH17 black boxes in Donetsk
A pro-Russian rebel on Sunday tweeted that the black boxes from the crashed Malaysia Airlines jet MH17 had been brought to rebel stronghold Donetsk in east Ukraine, after a rebel leader said they had never recovered the data recorders. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17: Gerakan’s Kota Damansara Youth chief and wife among victims
KUALA LUMPUR: Party Gerakan’s Kota Damansara deputy Youth chief Liew Yau Chee and his wife Lee Kiah Yeen were among 298 who perished when MAS flight MH17 was shot down in Eastern Ukraine on Friday. …read more Source: New Straits...
Radar ID system tied to jet disaster
If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday. American officials said Friday that they believe the Boeing 777 was brought down by an SA-11 missile fired from an area...
Rebels Defy World Outrage to Deny Access to Ukraine Crash Site
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels defied mounting world outrage on Sunday and said they would allow international monitors to safely access the site of a downed Malaysia jet only if Kiev agreed to a truce. …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines Crash: Rebels Have Taken All Bodies, Says Ukraine
Separatist rebels have taken away all the 196 bodies that workers recovered from the Malaysian Airlines plane crash site to an unknown location, Ukraine’s emergency services said on Sunday. …read more Source:...
UN draft resolution calls for access to MH17 crash site in Ukraine
The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution to condemn the “shooting down” of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, demand armed groups allow access to the crash site, and call on states in the region to cooperate with an international investigation. …read more Source: South China Morning...
