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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...
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...
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...
Plane crash bodies put on train for rebel city
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Armed rebels forced emergency workers to hand over all 196 bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines crash site and then loaded them onto refrigerated trains bound for a rebel-held city, officials and monitors said Sunday. At the crash site Sunday morning, Associated Press journalists saw no bodies and no armed rebels....
MH17: Four Shell Malaysia employees onboard flight
KUALA LUMPUR: Shell Malaysia has confirmed that four of the company’s employees were on board the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
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...
World › Rebels have taken away all plane crash bodies
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 Sunday. Associated Press journalists saw the rebels putting bagged bodies onto trucks at the crash site Saturday in eastern Ukraine and driving them…...
Rebels refuse access to Ukraine MH17 crash site until truce
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: Channel...
Malaysia Airlines retires MH17 flight code
Malaysia Airlines said Sunday it would retire flight code MH17 as a “mark of respect” for the 298 people killed in a jet crash in violence-wracked eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
