Section: US & Canada
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
SYDNEY (AP) — 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. There have been...
Putin: If MH17 Crashed in Ukraine, It’s Ukraine’s Fault
During a meeting with his top economic advisers on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the opportunity to argue that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 would not have been downed had there not been civil war in Ukraine — a conflict he has repeatedly pinned on the central government in Kiev. “I would like to note that this tragedy...
Did Pro-Russian Rebels Shoot Down MH17 Over Ukraine?
According to reports in the New York Times, Ukrainian officials have released what they claim are transcripts of three separate conversations, purportedly from pro-Russian separatist fighters near the scene of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash. The fighters appear to be taking credit for shooting down the airliner. In one call, a rebel...
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: FAA Bans U.S. Flight Routes Over Region
The Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA) has released a Notice to Airman barring U.S. flight operations within the Simferopol and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Eastern Ukraine following the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was reportedly shot down over the war-torn area. The new flight paths prohibited on Thursday are an addition to...
Asia Stocks Lower on Plane Crash
Markets across Asia were jolted Friday after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down in Ukraine, sending investors piling into the safety of the yen and sending Japanese stocks tumbling. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Prominent AIDS researcher Joep Lange among 298 killed on Malaysian jet
A prominent AIDS researcher and others en route to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, are among the victims in the crash of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down Thursday over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
298 killed after Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine
Ukrainian officials claim the plane was hit by a missile. …read more Source: USA...
Malaysia says jetliner did not make distress call
A woman reacts after hearing about the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashing in eastern Ukraine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Malaysia … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Breakingviews: Ukraine Incident a Reminder of Risk
“Despite the apparent downing of a Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine with close to 300 people on board, for passengers and investors the chances of these airline fatalities happening is vanishingly small. And in fact, over the last 25 years, the number of air fatalities has fallen per passenger departure by more than half according to...
