Section: US & Canada
Putin under scrutiny after downing of Malaysia Airlines jet
The downing of a passenger jet over separatist-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine puts Russian President Vladimir Putin in a tight spot. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Witnesses to Malaysia crash try to make sense of tragedy
Locals in Gravobo, Ukraine, say they feel lucky the plane and its debris missed their homes. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine’s Air-Defense Intelligence Deepens Mystery
Ukraine intelligence officials said they knew three days before the downing of Flight 17 that rebels in the east of the country possessed sophisticated air-defense systems capable of felling a jetliner at high altitudes. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine, rebels fight over Malaysian flight MH17 wreckage
Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence of “international crimes” as guerrillas and foreign observers faced off over access to the wreckage of the downed Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: The Peace River Record...
MH17 Passenger, Crew List, Official Contact Numbers: Malaysia Airlines Releases List of All Passengers’ Names and Breakdown of Nationalities (+PDF)
Malaysia Airlines has released the complete list of passengers and crew names. The national carrier is also seeking out the family members or friends of those on-board the doomed Flight MH17. The Boeing 777 plane was shot down in Ukraine on July 17 while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Here is the statement from Malaysia Airlines:...
Russian TV reporter quits over crash coverage
She claims RT had “disregard for the facts” by blaming Ukraine soon after the story broke. …read more Source: USA...
John Allen, Andrew Hoare Identified as Last Two British Victims on Malaysia Flight MH17
John Allen and Andrew Hoare have been identified as the final two of ten British victims in the tragic Malaysia Flight MH17 crash. British media Sky News broke the news via a tweet. Sky also identified the other eight as father-of-two Robert Ayley, Newcastle fans Liam Sweeney and John Alder, Leeds University student Richard Mayne, Loughborough...
Malaysia wants access to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site
Malaysia’s government pleaded on Saturday to get full access to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine adding it was “deeply concerned” the area had not been secured. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine Official Says Separatists Had Missiles
Ukraine’s counterintelligence chief says separatists were in possession of three medium-range missile systems capable of bringing down commercial or military aircraft. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
MH17: Ukraine accuses rebels of interfering with evidence at crash site
A team of monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe was initially blocked from accessing the site on Saturday morning, then permitted to inspect only a small section of the crash scene, including one of the aircraft’s engines …read more Source: The Globe and...
