Section: US & Canada
Fact Box: What Early Evidence Says About MH17
International officials initially called the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 a crash. Now they’re saying the passenger jet was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Kyiv is blaming Russia and the pro-Moscow separatists. Russia is blaming the Ukrainians. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Family loses relatives in both Malaysia Airlines disasters
In an almost incomprehensible twist of fate, an Australian woman who lost her brother in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 learned on Friday that her stepdaughter was on the plane shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
181 bodies found at Malaysia crash site in Ukraine
ROZSYPNE, Ukraine — Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners — dressed in overalls and covered in soot — spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a jetliner shot down as it flew miles above the country’s battlefield.The attack Thursday...
181 bodies found at Malaysia crash site in Ukraine
ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners — dressed in overalls and covered in soot — spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a jetliner shot down as it flew miles above the country’s battlefield. U.S....
Searchers Have Found 181 Bodies From Malaysian Jet Crash so Far
KIEV, Ukraine—Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners — dressed in overalls and covered in soot — spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of the Malaysian plane shot down as it flew miles above the country’s battlefield. The attack...
Smoking gun? Intercepted calls point finger at Russian separatists in jet downing
Intercepted phone calls purportedly between Russian military intelligence officers and members of a pro-Russian separatist group appear to capture the moment the rebels realized the plane they shot down was a civilian passenger plane, could be the smoking gun that helps prove Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine by the...
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Family Bumped From Flight
While the family and friends of passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are searching for answers, another family is counting their blessings. Barry and Izzy Sim, along with their baby son, had planned on boarding the very flight that later crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. But when they arrived at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the...
Australian woman loses family members on both Malaysia flights
In an almost incomprehensible twist of fate, an Australian woman who lost her brother in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 learns that her stepdaughter was on the plane shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines Crash: World Demands Answers After Plane Downed Over Ukraine
By Anton Zverev HRABOVE, Ukraine, July 18 (Reuters) – World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine in a tragedy that could mark a pivotal moment in the worst crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Two U.S. officials said...
Malaysia Airlines Jet Crash Insurance May be Complex, Lengthy
Insurance on the Malaysian airliner brought down over Ukraine is likely to pay out relatively quickly if the cause of the crash is determined, but observers say settling insurance for the loss of 298 lives and other liability could be complex and lengthy. Malaysia Airlines said flight MH-17 disappeared at 1415 GMT as it flew over eastern Ukraine...
