Section: US & Canada
Ukraine rebels claim to have black boxes, have moved bodies to trains
Rebel leader says crucial evidence from downed MH17 will be handed over to International Civil Aviation Organization; U.S. intel detects movement of SA-11s into Russia …read more Source:...
Separatists storing Ukraine crash site bodies in railway cars
As many as 169 bodies from the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 have been placed in body bags and stored in refrigerated railway cars in Eastern Ukraine, a spokesman for an international monitoring group said Sunday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Rebels Will Hand Over Black Boxes
MoreMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Families Left in Limbo‘Unreal’ Scenes from UkraineMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Who Shot Down Flight MH17?Pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine will turn over the black boxes from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to European aviation officials, the separatists’ leaders said Sunday. Flight 17 is widely...
Most Bodies From Downed Malaysian Plane Removed From Crash Site
According to reports, more than 190 bodies of the 298 people aboard a downed Malaysian airliner have been taken from the field in eastern Ukraine where they had been lying since July 17. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
First Video to Show “Black Box” at Ukraine Crash Site
Newly released Reuters video shows men — wearing Ukrainian Emergency Ministry uniforms — recovering a flight recorder from the Malaysian airlines crash site. A man’s voice is heard saying “flight recorder” in Russian. The video was recorded Friday. On Sunday, the Ukrainian Separatist leader said they had found parts...
Ukraine: Rebels Took All Bodies From Plane Crash
TOREZ, Ukraine (AP) — Rebels in eastern Ukraine took full control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and European leaders issued a strong call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make sure international investigators had full access to the crash site. The key question of who controlled the collection...
Malaysia Airline Retires MH17 Flight Number
Malaysia Airline says it is retiring the flight number of the plane that was shot down over Ukraine. The carrier said in a statement Sunday that beginning Friday, it will no longer use MH17 to identify any of its Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flights. It said it is doing so “out of respect for our crew and passengers” who were aboard the...
Plane crash bodies put on train for rebel city
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Armed rebels forced emergency workers to hand over all 196 bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines crash site and then had them loaded onto refrigerated train cars bound for a rebel-held city, Ukrainian officials and monitors said Sunday.The surprising, rapid-fire developments Sunday morning came after a wave of...
Plane crash bodies put on train for rebel city
Ukrainian miners carry the body of a victim at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014. World leaders demanded Frida… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Cameron demands Russia cease support for rebels
British Prime Minister David Cameron is demanding that Russia end its support for the rebels in Ukraine, arguing that Russia’s policies destabilized the country and created the conditions that appear to have led to the downing of Malaysian Airways flight MH17. …read more Source: Miami...
