Section: US & Canada
Australia Grieves After 28 Nationals Die in MH17 Crash
Grief and shock rippled through Australia after news broke early Friday morning that 28 of its citizens had been aboard the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was allegedly shot down by a surface-to-air missile in southeastern Ukraine on Thursday. MoreTop AIDS Researchers Killed in Malaysia Airlines CrashAustralian Swimmer Ian Thorpe...
Ukraine rebels promise MH17 investigators safe passage
All 298 aboard the Malaysian Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine died. …read more Source: USA...
Poroshenko Says ‘Terrorist’ Attack On Airliner Challenge To Whole World
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said the July 17 crash of a Malaysian airliner in the country’s east was the result of an “act of international terrorism.” In a televised English-language statement from Kyiv, Poroshenko said the incident was a “wake-up call” for the whole world. (Reuters) …read more...
Woman loses relatives in 2 Malaysia air disasters
An Australian woman who lost her brother in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has now learned that her stepdaughter was on the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: CNY...
Malaysians in Shock Over Jet Crash
At a Malaysian airport, police wait for relatives of passengers on the downed MH17 jet to gather for news. Many here have questions about why the Malaysian airliner crashed in east Ukraine, killing all 298 on board. …read more Source: The Boston...
Australian loses family in both Malaysian flight disasters
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: The Globe and...
Fury as flight MH17 ‘blown out of the sky’
Ukraine has accused “terrorists” of downing Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was “blown out of the sky” with 298 people aboard. …read more Source:...
Australian loses family in both Malaysian flight 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: CTV...
Flight MH17’s doomed flight path a ‘common route’ for European carriers
The Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 catastrophe in Ukraine could have been a tragedy for another international carrier, aviation experts say, noting the doomed jet’s flight plan was the very route that was, until recently, used by several European airlines. …read more Source:...
Official: 181 bodies found at Malaysian plane site
KIEV, Ukraine — Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners — dressed in overalls and covered in soot — spread out across sunflower fields and tiny Ukrainian villages Friday, searching through the wreckage of the Malaysian plane shot down as it flew miles above the country’s battlefield.The downing...
