MorePutin: If MH17 Crashed in Ukraine, It’s Ukraine’s FaultTop AIDS Researchers Killed in Malaysia Airlines CrashWoman Loses Relatives in 2 Malaysia Air DisastersAt a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Friday afternoon local time, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai denied that Malaysia Airlines had shirked security warnings and approved Flight 17′s taking of a shorter route from Amsterdam over conflict zones in Eastern Europe in order to save time and fuel.
“This was an approved route, and approved routes are safe routes,” he said, adding that 15 of 16 international air carriers from the Asia-Pacific region rely on the flight …read more
Source: Time
