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For Malaysia Airlines, disaster strikes twice
HANOI, Vietnam—Two Boeing 777s. Two incredibly rare aviation disasters. And one airline. In what appears to be a mind-boggling coincidence, Malaysia is reeling from the second tragedy to hit its national airline in less than five months. On March 8, a Malaysia Airlines jetliner vanished about an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur,...
MH17: Singapore PM expresses shocked, saddened over crash
SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has expressed shocked and is sad to hear about the crash of a Malaysian Airlines plane in Ukraine, near the Russian border. …read more Source: New Straits...
Rebel site suggests insurgents shot down Malaysia plane by mistake
A social media site attributed to a top Ukrainian rebel commander said the insurgents had shot down an army transporter at the location where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed Thursday near the Russian border. …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17: Putin offers condolences to Najib
KUALA LUMPUR : Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered his condolences to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in regard to the Malaysian Airliner crash over the Ukrainian territory. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Bleak for Hari Raya for passengers family
SEPANG: It will be a bleak Hari Raya Aidilfitri for Noraini Md Noor and her pfamily as her elder sister is one of the 280 passengers on board a Malaysia Airlines (MAS), which had crashed at Donestk in the Southern Ukraine, last night. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: European airlines steer clear of Ukraine after Malaysian jet crash
PARIS: European airlines steered clear of Ukraine’s airspace after a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed on Thursday in the restive east of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: New Straits...
Malaysia Airlines passenger jet ‘shot down’ over Ukraine
A Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people on board was hit by a missile and crashed over eastern Ukraine last night. …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17: Rebel site suggests insurgents shot down plane by mistake
KIEV : A social media site attributed to a top Ukrainian rebel commander said the insurgents had shot down an army transporter at the location where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed Thursday near the Russian border. …read more Source: New Straits...
‘Bodies were scattered all around’
Witnesses near the crash site where a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane came down in eastern Ukraine described a scene of chaos with dozens of bodies scattered around the smouldering wreckage. …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17: At least four French nationals on crashed Malaysia plane: FM
ABIDJAN , Ivory Coast : At least four French nationals were on board a Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. …read more Source: New Straits...
