Section: US & Canada
Candles and Prayers in Dutch Church for Crash Victims
Hundreds of people attended a church service at Saint John Cathedral in Den Bosch, southern Netherlands, on Saturday (July 19), to pay respect for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. The plane, which departed from Amsterdam en route to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on Thursday (July 17) about 40 km (25 miles) from the border with Russia near...
Who Is Responsible for Downing Malaysia Airlines Flight 17?
The Ukrainian government says it has photographic evidence a Russian team is responsible for downing the plane. …read more Source:...
Experts: Whoever brought down Malaysian jet had extensive training
WASHINGTON—Whoever fired the surface-to-air missile that brought down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine would have needed extensive training to execute the mission, according to military experts.Taking down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, traveling about 600 mph at an altitude of 33,000 feet, required vastly more expertise than, say, firing...
With Jet Strike, War in Ukraine Is Felt Globally
The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 rippled across multiple continents, bringing home in vivid relief the consequences of a struggle that had seemed far removed for many. …read more Source: The New York...
Lack of radar could have prevented missile operators from realizing target was a jetliner
If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia’s Spin Job of the MH17 Crash Brings Back Soviet Memories
A Russian disaster is almost never followed by Russian candor. This is true of most countries, but most countries are at least adept at explaining themselves—even if disingenuously—as the George W. Bush administration showed with its flood-the-airwaves spin campaign after the weapons of mass destruction that were the casus belli of...
Without radar, missile may not have identified jet
If Ukrainian rebels shot down the Malaysian jetliner, killing 298 people, it may have been because they didn’t have the right systems in place to distinguish between military and civilian aircraft, experts said Saturday. …read more Source: Miami...
Canadian Man Aboard MH17 Remembered by Sister
It’s an unimaginable tragedy that has shaken the world. All 298 people on board Malaysian Airlines flight 17 were killed when the jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine. 24-year-old Andrei Anghel was one of the victims. He’s believed to be the only Canadian on board that flight. And now his big sister, Alexandra, is left with recent...
Ukraine Rebels Haul Away Victims of Malaysia Airlines Crash
MoreMalaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for JusticePutin’s Defiance After Malaysia Airlines Crash Points to Further IsolationismLives Lost: Remembering Karlijn Keijzer, Indiana University Rower and ChemistThe engine of the old Zil military truck sputtered as the rebel fighter put the gearbox in reverse, mixing the smell...
Dutch cyclist changed tickets for both doomed Malaysia Airlines flights
Maarten de Jonge has escaped certain death. Twice. If the Dutch cyclist boarded either of Malaysia Airlines doomed flights, MH 17 and MH 370, he could likely be at the bottom of the Indian Ocean or shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
