Section: US & Canada
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:...
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,...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
Workers comb through Malaysian plane crash site
Ukrainian rescuers walk past debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
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:...
Second Malaysia Airlines MH17 “Black Box” Found In Ukraine: Witness
HRABOVE, Ukraine, July 18 (Reuters) – Rescue workers recovered a second flight recorder on Friday from the Malaysian airliner brought down in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters cameraman on the scene said. Pro-Russian separatists in the region said on Thursday they had found one of the “black box” recorders on Thursday when the...
