Section: AsiaOne (Singapore)
MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands – A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story Tuesday of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. …read more Source:...
MH17: 1 of 5 commercial airliners shot down in aviation history
KUALA LUMPUR – The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 in Ukraine on July 17 last year is the fifth involving a commercial airliner in recent aviation history.All 283 passengers and 15 crew on board the Boeing 777 aircraft perished in the tragedy.The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, cruising at an altitude...
MH17 shot down by missile from rebel-held Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands – Air crash investigators concluded Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board.Even before the highly-anticipated release of the official report on the disaster by a Dutch-led investigation, Russian officials...
Ukraine PM accuses Russian forces of shooting down flight MH17
KIEV – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Tuesday he had no doubt Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces because “drunken separatists” could not have operated the missile.Yatseniuk made his charge shortly before publication of the Dutch Safety Board’s...
Inquiry finds MH17 shot down by BUK missile: Dutch paper
THE HAGUE – International investigators have concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch daily said on Tuesday.The final report was due to be officially unveiled at 1115 GMT Tuesday (7.15pm Singapore time) at a Dutch military base.It seeks to end 15...
Dutch Safety Board set to say MH17 downed by Russian-made missile
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it.MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russia rebels in...
Families brace for final MH17 air crash report
THE HAGUE – International investigators will on Tuesday release their final report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, but the burning question of who was to blame will remain unresolved.The Dutch Safety Board (OVV), leading a team of international investigators since the Boeing 777 went down last...
French PM in Egypt for talks on economy, conflicts
CAIRO – France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls flew into Egypt on Saturday to start a three-country Arab tour aimed at boosting economic ties and for holding talks on the region’s conflicts.Valls was to be received by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi before going into a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Sharif Ismail.French...
Russian missile firm to hold rival MH17 briefing as Dutch report released
MOSCOW – The Russian manufacturer of the missile system blamed for shooting down flight MH17 said Friday it would unveil the “real reasons” for the disaster on the same day Dutch investigators present their final report on the tragedy.Almaz-Antey, the maker of the BUK surface-to-air system that the West and Kiev believe downed...
Ukraine ex-security official doubts MH17 report will give answers
VINNYTSIA, Ukraine – A former top official in Ukraine’s security service said on Friday he doubted a final international report on the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 would provide conclusive answers. …read more Source:...
