Section: Australia&NZ
Explainer: What we know about Malaysia Airlines MH17
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine early this morning (AEST), resulting in the deaths of all 298 people on board. …read more Source: ABC...
UN sets urgent meeting on Ukraine (AP)
The UN Security Council has called an emergency meeting on Ukraine while the US has called for an international investigation. …read more Source: The West...
‘We shot down a plane’ (Yahoo7 and Agencies)
Intercepted phone calls show rebels were responsible, says Ukraine’s security services. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine route declared safe: MAS
MALAYSIA Airlines says the route it was flying when one of its planes was apparently hit by a ground-to-air missile had been declared safe. …read more Source: THE...
27 Aussies die in downed jet ‘crime’
TWENTY-SEVEN 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...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine, 298 dead, 27 Australians on board
A Malaysia passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, with the airline confirming that 27 passengers were Australian. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Public officials play the blame game over MH17 crisis
While Barack Obama has been cautious to avoid playing the blame game, the US vice president and US senator John McCain have squarely lay the blame on Russia, while other officials say the fault is Ukraine’s. …read more Source: ABC...
Malaysia PM ‘shocked’ by crash, relatives endure agonising wait (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia’s premier expressed “shock” at reports a Malaysia Airlines flight may have been shot down over troubled eastern Ukraine as his nation reeled from another wrenching air tragedy just months after MH370 disappeared. …read more Source: The West...
Deleted posts suggest Ukraine rebels downed Malaysian jet in error (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Social media posts by pro-Russian insurgents — most of them hastily removed — suggest the rebels thought they had shot down a Ukrainian army plane before realising in horror that it was in fact a packed Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: The West...
Malaysian jet, possibly shot down, crashes in Ukraine (AFP)
GRABOVE (Ukraine) (AFP) – A Malaysian airliner carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed Thursday in strife-torn east Ukraine, with US officials saying it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. …read more Source: The West...
