Section: Australia&NZ
Why were commercial planes still flying over Ukraine? (AFP)
Seoul (AFP) – The downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet over rebel-held eastern Ukraine has raised questions over why the company persisted in flying in conflict-zone airspace that many other Asian carriers had abandoned months ago. …read more Source: The West...
Fractured Ukraine shows neither Barack Obama nor Vladimir Putin are in control
When Vladimir Putin told Barack Obama by phone of the downed Malaysian aircraft the real lesson for these two powerful men was that they are not in full control. During a crisis such as the national fracturing in Ukraine, headstrong rebels running amok on the ground can stop the world on its axis, by taking a potshot at a passing aircraft....
Global anger intensifies over downed Malaysia Airlines jet (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – 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: The West...
MH17: US satellites tracked missile’s path to airliner
Advanced US satellites played a key role in the determination by intelligence officials that a surface-to-air missile shot down a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Outrage after passenger jet blasted from sky over Ukraine
There are calls for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine amid international outrage over the shooting down of a packed passenger jet over the rebel-held east of the country. …read more Source: ABC...
Rescuers comb scene of Malaysia jet crash (AP)
Rescuers are combing the smoking, smouldering wreckage of the crashed Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine, with rebels promising access. …read more Source: The West...
28 Aussies die in downed jet
TWENTY-EIGHT Australians were on a Malaysia Airlines plane apparently shot down by a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, killing all 298 on board. …read more Source: THE...
Videos online show downing of flight MH17
At least 27 Australians were among 298 people on board a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet which was shot down over Ukraine with the loss of all on board. …read more Source: ABC...
Malaysian jet with 298 on board crashes in Ukraine (Yahoo7 and Agencies)
A Malaysian airliner carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine, as US Intelligence confirmed the plane was shot down. …read more Source: The West...
Flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine: how newspaper front pages recorded disaster
The world has reacted with shock and horror to the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
