Section: US & Canada
Second Black Box Found At Crash Site In Eastern Ukraine
Emergency workers at the scene of a Malaysian jetliner crash in eastern Ukraine have found the plane’s second black box — a device carrying data that can help determine what happened during the flight’s final moments. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Malaysia 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:...
Malaysia Airlines crash: Why airlines didn’t avoid risky Ukraine airspace
The possibility that the civilian jetliner downed over war-torn eastern Ukraine with nearly 300 people onboard was hit by a missile could have profound consequences for the world’s airlines. …read more Source: FOX...
Dutch flags fly half-staff as nation mourns victims of Ukraine passenger jet crash
Flags flew are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 154 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Most passengers on doomed airliner were Dutch
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 that was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine on Thursday was carrying 298 people from at least 10 countries. Here is a breakdown of the nationalities of those on board: Netherlands: 173 Malaysia: 44 (including 15 crew and two infants) Australia: 27 Indonesia: 12 (including one infant) United Kingdom: 9...
Dutch flags at half-staff as nation mourns crash
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Flags flew are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 154 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Putin seeks impartial probe after plane downed
The Russian president, in a phone call with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, demanded a ‘thorough and unbiased’ investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
MH 17 Shot Down? Yes, Missile Took Down Plane Over Ukraine, Source Confirms
WASHINGTON—American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile took down a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, a U.S. official said, but the Obama administration was still scrambling to confirm who launched the strike and whether there were American citizens killed in the crash. Vice President Joe Biden said the...
MH17 Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur Flight: Plane Crew Didn’t Make Distress Call Before Being Shot Down
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysia’s prime minister said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body. Najib Razak, who addressed a middle-of-the-night news conference after speaking with...
Malaysia Flight MH17 Black Box May Now Be In Moscow: Here’s A Complete Update On The Crash
At least one of the “black box” flight data recorders on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 may already have been spirited away to Moscow by the pro-Russian separatist rebels who shot the plane down with a surface to air missile, killing 298 civilian people on board, according to The Telegraph and the BBC. Although the rebels said they...
