Section: US & Canada
Ukraine says multiple Buk missile systems moved to Russia
Three Buk missile systems made their way from eastern Ukraine across the border into Russia on Friday, according to Ukrainian officials, including one lacking the missile they believe brought down a Malaysia Airlines jet the day before. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine, rebels agree on security zone at crash site
The zone will allow teams to remove the bodies of the 298 killed in the shootdown of the airliner. …read more Source: USA...
Malaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for Justice
Malaysia has stopped mincing their words. Ismail Nasaruddin, president at Malaysia Airlines staff union NUFAM, said the MH17 attack amounts to “murder,” and transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said the world has a “moral obligation” to ensure the safe recovery of remains as well as punishing those culpable. This was the...
Dutch leader calls on Putin to help crash probe
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — 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: San Francisco...
Why Airlines Didn’t Avoid Risky Ukraine Airspace; Other Flights Shot Down
The shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines plane with nearly 300 people on board over war-torn eastern Ukraine is likely to have profound consequences for the world’s airlines. Airlines are already being more vigilant about avoiding trouble spots. That will make flights longer and more costly because of the need for extra fuel — an...
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...
Little Progress on Crash Investigation
The prospects of a thorough investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 fell into further doubt as Ukraine said separatist rebels were confiscating evidence and a rebel leader accused multinational investigators of delaying the probe. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Malaysian Transport Minister to Ukraine to Investigate Crash
Malaysia’s transport minister is heading to Ukraine to join officials of his government already there preparing to assist in the investigation of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Malaysia is expressing alarm that the site, where a passenger jet of its flag carrier was apparently shot down by a missile, is not secure, and that...
Ukraine Crisis Shows Divisions in Old Soviet Bloc
WARSAW, Poland— Poland’s foreign minister had sharp words on the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jumbo jet in Ukraine — blaming the crash on Russia-backed “bandits.” But throughout most of central and eastern Europe, leaders withheld judgment, expressing shock but refusing to say more until more facts are in. The...
Plane Families Must Wait to Go to Ukraine Site
THE HAGUE, Netherlands— Malaysia Airlines says it has no immediate plans to fly the relatives of 298 passengers and crew killed in the downing of Flight 17 to Ukraine to visit the site because of security concerns. A spokesman for the airline says next of kin are being cared for in Amsterdam while a team from the carrier, including security...
