Whether it was mechanical failure, human error or terrorism, we are reassured by the notion that knowledge brings the power to stop it from happening again.
Twice this year, when disaster struck two Malaysia Airlines planes, fate has torn up the script.
Usually, to keep horror at bay, we watch the news and slot it into boxes: a war here, a disaster there (and the farther away the better).
[…] two worlds collided when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, filled with holidaymakers and AIDS researchers, was taken down by a missile fired from a war in eastern Ukraine.
With the crash site in a war …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
