Section: US & Canada
MH17 Crash Site Becoming a Tourist Attraction? Ukraine Residents Observed Photo Taking Around Debris (+Photo)
Residents near the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site were seen behaving like tourists near the debris. Kevin Bishop, a foreign field producer for BBC news, observed local Ukraine residents “walking around debris, taking photos,” and tweeted out that the MH17 crash site was “becoming a tourist attraction. #MH17 crash site...
The Aftermath Of The Downing Of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
On July 17 the world was shocked by the news that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, a scheduled international passenger connection between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur, had been shot down over eastern Ukraine. It is believed to have been hit with a BUK surface-to-air missile. The aircraft went down near the village of Hrabove in an area controlled by...
U.S. Ties Russia to Downed Jet
New U.S. intelligence indicates Moscow likely provided pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine with sophisticated antiaircraft systems in recent days, bolstering charges that Russia was the source of the weapon that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, killing 298. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine Releases Recordings of Rebel Leaders
Ukraine released what it said were intercepted recordings of separatist rebels at the Malaysia Airlines’ crash site talking about the need to keep flight-data recorders out of the hands of investigators. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine Says It Can Prove Russia Supplied Arms System That Felled Jet
The Ukrainian government said Saturday that it had proof that Russia had provided the surface-to-air missile system that shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: The Boston...
Pro-Russian Rebel Commander Suggests Malaysia Plane Victims Long Dead
MOSCOW (AP) — A top pro-Russia rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has given a version of events surrounding the Malaysian jetliner crash — suggesting many of the victims may have died days before the plane took off. The pro-rebel website Russkaya Vesna on Friday quoted Igor Girkin as saying he was told by people at the crash site that...
Malaysia MH17 Bodies: Donetsk Separatists Have Victims’ Bodies, Could be Tampering With Crash Evidence
TOREZ, Ukraine—Rebels in eastern Ukraine took control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and the U.S. and European leaders demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin make sure rebels give international investigators had full access to the crash site. “There’s a stacking up of evidence...
Rebels recover black boxes from downed flight
Rebels in eastern Ukraine took control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and the U.S. and European leaders demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin make sure rebels give international investigators full access to the crash site. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Newlyweds’ change flight, avoid Malaysia Airlines tragedy
Australian newlyweds amazingly escaped tragedy when they changed their travel plans home at the last minute — and avoided being passengers on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was struck while crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine accuses rebels of hiding plane crash evidence [Photos]
Ukraine accused separatist rebels on Sunday of hiding evidence that a Russian missile was used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner, while Britain said Moscow faced “pariah” status and the threat of further economic sanctions. …read more Source: The Toronto...



