Section: Australia&NZ
Plane families must wait to go to Ukraine site
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Malaysia Airlines says it has no immediate plans to fly the relatives of 298 passengers and crew killed in the downing of Flight 17 to Ukraine to visit the site because of security concerns.A spokesman… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Rebels agree to security zone at Ukraine crash site (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents agreed on Saturday to set up a security zone around the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: The West...
Police: 9 dead, 43 injured in bus crash in Germany
BERLIN (AP) Several buses crashed on a German highway near the eastern city of Dresden, leaving nine people dead and 43 injured, police said Saturday.The crash, which happened about 2 a.m. Saturday, involved a Polish bus, a Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Malaysia minister heads for Ukraine as nation mourns
Malaysians grapple with the twin disasters befalling their country and national airline. …read more Source: ABC...
Malaysia PM’s step-grandmother was on MH17 (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Prime Minister Najib Razak’s step-grandmother was on board the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that crashed in violence-wracked Ukraine, the country’s defence minister confirmed Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Moment of impact: MH17’s final seconds
The blast force from the missile that slammed into a Malaysian plane over Ukraine, combined with the plane’s dramatic deceleration, probably instantly rendered everyone on board unconscious or dead. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17 crash fallout: world reacts to plane shot down in Ukraine
Follow our rolling live coverage of the fallout from the MH17 air disaster. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Flight MH17: Malaysia calls for a safe corridor for investigators
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia has called on world leaders to pressure Russia and warring groups in Ukraine to establish an immediate safe corridor for investigating and recovery teams to reach the site of shot-down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Flags at half-mast as Moscow snubs Australia (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Prime Minister Tony Abbott Saturday said Russia could not “wash its hands of responsibility” for the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine as flags flew at half-mast to honour the Australians killed. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels agree to ‘security zone’ around crash site: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have agreed to set up a security zone around the crash site of a Malaysian jet that was apparently shot down in the separatist east, Ukraine’s security service chief said on Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
