Section: US & Canada
Malaysia Airlines staff try to cope with disasters
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Coping with two disasters within a few months has left some Malaysia Airlines employees so shaken that they’ve been unable to function properly at work, a union official said Saturday.The airline suffered its second disaster in less than five months Thursday when Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was...
Complete list of passengers and crew on flight MH17
Malaysia Airlines has released the manifest for flight MH17, the plane that was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday. The list of 298 passengers and crew includes Canadian Andei Anghel, a 24-year-old man from Ontario who had been studying medicine in Romania. The other people on board include 193 from the Netherlands, 43 from Malaysia, 27 from...
Pro-Russia Rebels Hamper Access to Malaysian Plane Crash Site
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Dozens pay tribute to Malaysia Airlines passengers, protest at Russian Embassy
A group of about three dozen people laid flowers and said prayers for the 298 dead passengers and crew on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 outside the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Saturday. Led by three priests, the group sang and remembered the victims during the vigil. Many held candles and single carnations. They were joined by Inna...
Rebels hamper access to plane crash site
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Armed separatists hampered access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site Saturday, limiting the movements of international monitors and raising concerns that evidence showing who brought the plane down and killed the 298 people onboard would be lost, tampered with or destroyed. …read more Source: Boston...
Multiple bus crash in Germany kills 10, injures 69
BERLIN — A crash involving several buses on a highway in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured 69, police said Saturday.The crash near Dresden occurred shortly before 2 a.m. when a Polish bus hit the rear of a Ukrainian bus and then broke through the median barrier, slamming into a Polish minibus traveling in the opposite direction,...
Ukraine says Russia helping separatists destroy evidence at MH17 crash site
Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of helping separatist rebels destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in rebel-held territory — a charge the rebels denied. …read more Source: Toronto...
With Jet’s Fall, War in Ukraine Becomes Global
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...
Malaysia Airlines Crash Photos: Pictures of MH17 Victims’ Belongings That Survived the Crash
Pictures of the MH17 victims’ belongings have surfaced. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was flying over Ukraine from Amsterdam when it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. All 298 passengers and crew perished in the flight, which was headed for Kuala Lumpur. Some of pictures of the passenger belongings that have survived the crash have...
Dutch leader tells Putin to help Ukraine crash probe during ‘extremely intense’ phone call
An angry Dutch prime minister says he has had an “extremely intense” telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he urged him to “show the world he intends to help” in the investigation into the Ukraine air disaster. …read more Source: Toronto...
