Section: CTV (Canada)
Other civilian planes that have been attacked since 1978
The world is in shock after a Malaysian Airlines jetliner was brought down Thursday over Ukrainian airspace, with all 298 people aboard flight MH17 presumed dead. But this isn’t the first time a civilian plane has been shot down. …read more Source: CTV...
Australian loses loved one in both Malaysian Airlines disasters
In an almost incomprehensible twist of fate, an Australian woman who lost her brother in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 learned on Friday that her stepdaughter was on the plane shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Australian loses family in both Malaysian flight disasters
In an almost incomprehensible twist of fate, an Australian woman who lost her brother in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 learned on Friday that her stepdaughter was on the plane shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Rebels claim they have MH17 black boxes
Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners — dressed in overalls and covered in soot — searched through wreckage and bodies scattered across sunflower fields and Ukrainian villages Friday after a Malaysian jetliner flying high above the country’s battlefield was shot down, killing 298 people. …read...
Malaysia Airlines crash: Who shot down the plane?
A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people crashed in eastern Ukraine, between Donetsk and the border with Russia, where pro-Russian rebels have been fighting with government forces in the region for months. …read more Source: CTV...
One Canadian confirmed dead in flight MH17 crash
One Canadian is among the 295 people confirmed dead after a passenger plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Malaysia Airline officials said Thursday afternoon. …read more Source: CTV...
FAA previously warned U.S. pilots not to fly over parts of Ukraine
The Federal Aviation Administration had warned U.S. pilots earlier this year not to fly over portions of Ukraine in the Crimea region, according to notices posted on the agency’s website. …read more Source: CTV...
At least 22 confirmed dead at Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in Ukraine: AP
Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. …read more Source: CTV...
Flight MH17 crash: Ukraine, rebels trade blame
Separatist rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have denied that they are responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane. …read more Source: CTV...
Poroshenko: Ukraine did not fire on airborne target
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace. …read more Source: CTV...