Section: US & Canada
Malaysia Airlines says it will change route for planes flying to Europe
Malaysia Airlines says that in the wake of the shooting down of one of its passenger jets over Ukraine, it has changed the route it planes will take on flights to and from Europe. …read more Source: FOX...
Pro-Russian rebels to provide access to plane crash site, European security body says
Separatists in Ukraine have agreed to ensure safe access for international experts visiting the site of the downed airliner, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said …read more Source: The Globe and...
Malaysia Airlines Plane Crash: Rescue Workers Comb Through Debris Searching For Clues
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 what happened as rescue workers, policemen and even coal miners combed the crash...
Ukraine Rebels To Provide Access To Malaysia Airlines Plane Crash Site, OSCE Says
(Adds detail, quotes) MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine have agreed to provide assistance in an investigation into the downing of a Malaysian passenger airliner and will ensure safe access for international experts visiting the site, the OSCE said on Friday. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in...
White House urges Ukraine ceasefire for plane probe, Obama talks to Putin
The White House called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine to allow easy access to a downed Malaysian jetliner and President Barack Obama directed U.S. officials on Thursday to do all they could to support an investigation into what caused the crash. …read more Source: The Toronto...
AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet
People walk by the venue of the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne. Australia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Several passengers on board a Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine were … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine
U.S. officials say a surface-to-air missile took down the plane. …read more Source: USA...
Malaysia Airlines Stunned By Double Disasters
HONG KONG (AP) — Hit by two astonishing tragedies in quick succession, the Malaysia Airlines brand may become the airline industry’s equivalent of asbestos or News of the World: toxic to the public and, experts say, impossible to redeem. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine on Thursday with 298 people aboard by...
Double disasters taint Malaysia Airlines
HONG KONG (AP) — Hit by two astonishing tragedies in quick succession, the Malaysia Airlines brand may become the airline industry’s equivalent of asbestos or News of the World: toxic to the public and, experts say, impossible to redeem. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine on Thursday with 298 people aboard by...
AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet
A large number of world-renowned AIDS researchers and activists heading to an international AIDS conference in Australia were on board a Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over Ukraine, officials said Friday, as news of their deaths sparked an outpouring of grief across the global scientific community. …read more Source: Miami...
