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Global anger intensifies over downed Malaysia Airlines jet
Anger deepened around the world Friday with the United States demanding an “unimpeded” international inquiry after a Malaysian passenger jet was apparently shot down by a missile strike in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 on board. …read more Source: Channel...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Malaysia Airlines passenger’s Facebook jest takes grim twist
MANILA, Philippines — A Dutch national’s final post on Facebook seemed to foretell the fate of Malaysian Airplane flight MH17. “If it disappears, this is what it looks like,” Cor Pan, one of the Dutch passengers aboard MH17 that was shot down on Thursday, posted on his Facebook account accompanied with a photo of the plane...
