Section: US & Canada
Australian PM lashes out at Russia over shot plane
According to Abbott, the ambassador’s initial response was to blame Ukraine for Thursday’s downing of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft, which killed all 298 aboard, including 28 Australians. The cause of Thursday’s crash was not immediately clear but the area has seen heavy fighting recently between government troops and...
Global Markets Suffer After Ukraine Crash, Unrest Elsewhere
Markets across the world took a conspicuous dive on Thursday in the wake of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17’s catastrophic crash in Ukraine — an event that came toward the end of a week marked by political unrest across Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The Boeing 777 crashed in a rural area controlled by pro-Russian insurgency forces,...
Workers comb through Malaysian plane crash site
ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — A Malaysian jetliner shot from the sky by what U.S. intelligence officials believe was a surface-to-air missile scattered wreckage and bodies across the Ukrainian countryside, leaving investigators scrambling Friday to figure out how that could have happened. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners...
Mourners Lay Flowers At Dutch Embassy In Kyiv
People laid flowers and lit candles late July 17 outside the Dutch Embassy in Kyiv for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in eastern Ukraine. The airline said at least 154 of those on board were from the Netherlands. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Scenes Of Malaysian Airliner Disaster In Eastern Ukraine
Wreckage littered a field in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region after a Malaysian airliner went down on July 17, killing all 298 people on board. Ukraine’s government has accused pro-Russian separatists of shooting down the plane, while the separatists and Russian President Vladimir Putin are blaming Ukraine. (Reuters) …read more...
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17: Where does the investigation go from here?
Investigators looking into the crash of a Malaysia Airlines jet over Ukraine face a series of unusual challenges. From access to the debris, to vibrant militant activity in the area, here’s a look at some investigation concerns after the plane with 298 people aboard fell from the sky. …read more Source:...
Friends, relatives grieve for MH17 passengers
Messages of shock and grief have been flooding social media, sent by the friends and relatives of passengers on board Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, shot down on Thursday over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
UN Calls Emergency Meeting Over Plane Crash
Leaders around the world are calling for an investigation of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine that killed nearly 300 people. Witnesses and reporters say smoldering debris and body parts from Thursday’s crash of a Boeing 777 are scattered across a charred field in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. There are no...
Off-Duty Coal Miners Comb Jet Site for Evidence
Coal miners joined in the search effort in fields near the rebel-held village of Hrabove in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. …read more Source:...
Doomed Jet Got ‘Clean Bill of Health’ Last Week
The Boeing 777 shot down over Ukraine had a “clean bill of health” and its communication systems were “functioning normally,” the airline said. …read more Source:...
