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Russia reaction to jet crash “deeply unsatisfactory”: Australia PM
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday called Russia’s response to the downing of a Malaysian Airlines jet over Ukraine “deeply, deeply unsatisfactory”. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17: Passenger uploaded video on plane take-off
KUALA LUMPUR: Md Ali Md Salim, a Malaysian passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 which crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, had uploaded a video on his Instagram account while seated in the plane before take-off. …read more Source: New Straits...
Some airlines shifted Ukrainian flight routes months ago
Some international airlines, including Australia’s Qantas Airways and South Korea’s two major carriers, Asiana and Korea Air Lines, shifted the route taken by flights operating over Ukrainian airspace months ago amid increasing tensions between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. The airlines took extra security precautions despite no...
Black box found at plane crash site in Ukraine
Rescue workers at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in eastern Ukraine said they have found one of the black boxes from the passenger liner. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin backed into corner over jet crash
President Vladimir Putin’s intransigence over Ukraine risks turning him into a global pariah should the blame for downing a Malaysian Airlines jet with 298 passengers and crew members aboard fall on pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine. The crash of the Boeing Co. 777 followed by less than 24 hours the imposition of new sanctions against...
Double disasters taint Malaysia Airlines
HONG KONG Hit by two astonishing tragedies in quick succession, the Malaysia Airlines brand may become the airline industry’s equivalent of asbestos or News of the World: toxic to the public and, experts say, impossible to redeem. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine on Thursday with 298 people aboard by what American...
Malaysian airliner downing puts spotlight on Buk missile system
As Russia and Ukraine trade blame over the apparent shooting down of a Malaysian airliner, they appear to agree on one thing: the type of Soviet-era missile that brought it down.[GRAPHIC] Malaysia flight MH17 crash siteInternational probe demanded after Malaysian airliner downed over Ukraine, 298 dead …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
MH17: Top 5 deadliest attacks on commercial airliners
LONDON: A Malaysian airliner was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. …read more Source: New Straits...
Relatives of MH370 know exactly what it’s like
The tragedy of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 (MH17) in Ukraine recalled some of the worst memories of relatives of people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370), which disappeared on March 8 going from from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. …read more Source: South China Morning...
U.S. urges immediate ceasefire in Ukraine for probe of airliner crash
The United State on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine to facilitate the probe of a doomed Malaysian airliner. …read more Source:...
