Section: US & Canada
Angeline Premila Rajandaran, Shazana Salleh Among Crew Members on Malaysia Flight MH17
Angeline Premila Rajandaran and Shazana Salleh are believed to be among the crew members of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. MH17 took off from Amsterdam on Thursday, July 17, and was bound for Kuala Lumpur. The plane was shot down by a Buk missile in Ukraine along the Russian border. It is uncertain at this point who is really...
Malaysia Airlines Confirms The Nationalities Of 298 Passengers Aboard MH17
Malaysia Airlines has confirmed the nationalities and number of passengers onboard flight MH17, which was shot down over the Ukraine on Thursday. The majority of the 298 passengers were from the Netherlands with passengers from nine different countries. 41 passengers have yet to be identified. There is still no word if there were any Americans on...
AIDS researchers among dead in Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash
Several prominent AIDS researchers en route to an international conference in Australia were among the 298 people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine Thursday. …read more Source: New York Daily...
UN Security Council sets urgent meeting on Ukraine
Britain proposed a Security Council press statement calling for “a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the incident.” Earlier, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said “there is clearly a need for a full and transparent international investigation” into the plane crash in Ukraine. …read...
Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine: what we know
Missile system observed in rebel-held eastern town …read more Source: The Globe and...
White House Calls For ‘Credible’ Investigation Of Malaysian Plane Crash
The White House said late Thursday it is “shocked” that a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people had been shot down near the Ukrainian border, urging a full and transparent investigation to determine who was responsible. “It is critical that there be a full, credible, and unimpeded international...
Raw: Firefighters locate Malaysian jet wreckage
Firefighters work to douse debris on fire after a Malaysian jet was shot down in Ukraine. Officials say the plane was carrying 295 people. (July 17) …read more Source: USA...
Malaysia plane deviated from typical path before going down
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 strayed from path its pilots should have been familiar with before crashing in Ukraine …read more Source:...
Shot out of the sky: Malaysian airliner downing stokes tensions between Ukraine, Russia
A surface-to-air missile blew a Malaysian jetliner out of the sky over war-torn southeastern Ukraine on Thursday, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said. Kiev and Moscow blamed each other for the deaths of the 298 passengers and crew. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed in a region engulfed in civil war where … …read more Source: The...
US: Malaysian Plane Shot Down over War Area in Ukraine
U.S. officials are saying a Malaysian jet flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down as it crossed eastern Ukraine. The downing of the jet — the second loss for Malaysia Airlines in four months — escalates tension in the civil war between Ukraine and Russia. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti has more. …read more Source:...
