Section: US & Canada
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...
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...
Audio of Intercepted Calls of Separatists
Ukraine released what it said was audio of phone calls between rebels and Russian officers. In one call, a rebel is heard saying, “We have just shot down a plane.” …read more Source: The New York...
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...
Family crushed over loss of daughter on Malaysian plane
On Thursday, Nur Shazana Mohamed Salleh’s parents were thrown into a nightmare when their daughter’s plane was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Canada to donate surplus CF-18s to Ukraine? Nyet
By David Pugliese Defence Watch Media in Russia are reporting that Canada will provide for free surplus CF-18 fighter jets to Ukraine’s military. In addition, an offer has been made to provide RCAF personnel to train Ukraine pilots on the aircraft, according to the reports. Officials with the Department of National Defence officials as well...
UN Security Council Sets Emergency Meeting On Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Friday morning on Ukraine. Britain’s U.N. Mission said Thursday it requested the meeting and later tweeted that it is set for 10 a.m. Friday. The request follows Wednesday’s downing of a Ukrainian air force fighter and Thursday’s downing of a...
Rescue teams still working on the scene of Malaysian plane crash
Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners are combing the area adjacent to the site in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian jetliner crashed on Thursday, killing all 298 aboard. …read more Source: FOX...
Authorities scramble to determine who launched missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines jet with 298 aboard
As pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government traded charges about who was behind the surface-to-air missile that downed a Malaysia Airlines jet with 298 aboard Thursday, a U.S. intelligence official told Fox News the possibility it was fired from Russian territory could not be ruled out. …read more Source: FOX...
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...
