Section: US & Canada
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...
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...
Ukraine Accuses Insurgents of Blocking Access to Crash Site
“Russian-led terrorists” are keeping international investigators and foreign governments from the site where Malaysian Airlines 17 crashed after being shot down by a missile, the Ukrainian government said Saturday. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine accuses Russia of helping destroy plane crash evidence
Kiev says militiamen removed 38 bodies from crash site and are “seeking large transports to carry away plane fragments to Russia” …read more Source:...
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....
