Section: Australia&NZ
MH17 tragedy blamed on Russia-made missile
Dutch investigators have criticised Ukraine for failing to close the airspace over the country’s east before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down. …read more Source:...
Australia vows to pursue justice for MH17 victims (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australia vowed Wednesday it will not be “bullied” in the pursuit of justice after a Dutch-led investigation found flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made missile fired from war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ninety seconds of terror
PASSENGERS on board MH17 may have been conscious for 90 seconds after the plane was hit by a Russian-made missile over Ukraine, investigators say. …read more Source:...
MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments (AFP)
Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands) (AFP) – 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: The West...
‘We will not be bullied anymore’
JULIE Bishop says she is determined to find out who was behind the MH17 crash as anger grows over Ukraine’s failure to shut down airspace. …read more Source:...
A century of air crash probes and pressures
As the spotlight falls on Dutch crash investigators and their high-profile probe into the downing of a Malaysian airliner, air accident detectives worldwide are waging a much more discreet daily battle to keep flying safe. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine’s France ambassador slams atlas for placing Crimea in Russia (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Ukraine’s ambassador to France has voiced his “shock” at the new 2016 edition of a French atlas which features a map showing “Crimea as being part of Russian territory.” …read more Source: The West...
Main findings in the MH17 air disaster (AFP)
Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands) (AFP) – Air crash investigators on Tuesday said a BUK missile fired from eastern Ukraine ripped through Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 last year killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: The West...
Russia bars sister of jailed Ukraine pilot from testifying (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russian security authorities on Tuesday prevented the sister of a jailed Ukrainian pilot who stands accused of murdering two Moscow reporters from testifying in her defence. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 tragedy blamed on Russia-made missile (AAP)
Dutch investigators have criticised Ukraine for failing to close the airspace over the country’s east before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down. …read more Source: The West...
