Section: US & Canada
Cheating death twice: Maarten de Jonge changed plans for doomed Malaysia Airlines flights
Professional cyclist Maarten de Jonge avoided death on both Malaysia Airline flights that have crashed or disappeared in recent months. The 29-year-old Dutch cyclist was scheduled to fly on MH 370, which disappeared over the Pacific Ocean, and MH 17, which just this week was shot down over Ukraine. But … …read more Source: The...
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...
Gruesome Toll: Nearly 200 Bodies Found, But Rebels Guarding Them
A total of 190 bodies have been discovered at the MH17 crash site by emergency crews combing the vast wreckage area, a Ukrainian official says. …read more Source:...
Dutch PM Urges Russia’s Putin to Help Plane Disaster Probe
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he had a “very intense” phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday, in which he urged the Russian leader to use his influence over Ukraine’s separatists to help in the investigation of the Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine. Rutte said he told Putin that he must...
